Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. First edition. [iv], 286 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound in publisher's zigzag textured green cloth. Ex-libris of J.A. Perkins Jr., Montreal. Front inner hinge tender, light rubbing to spine ends. Very good. First edition. [iv], 286 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Includes the first appearance in a volume of Thoreau's writings of "Civil Disodedience," which, "through its impact on Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., the anti-Nazi movement in Europe in the 1940s, and anti-Vietnam War protesters in the 1970s, has had a wider political influence than any other American literary document" (ANB). BAL 20117; Borst A 7.1.a; Allen, 22-23; Downs, Books That Changed America 8

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Bookseller: James Cummins Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 315453
Title: A Yankee in Canada, With Anti-Slavery and Reform Papers
Author: Thoreau, Henry David
Format/Binding: [iv], 286 pp. 1 vols. 12mo
Book Condition: Used - Bound in publisher's zigzag textured green cloth. Ex-libris of J.A. Perkins Jr., Montreal. Front inner hinge tender, light rubbi
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Ticknor and Fields
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1866
Keywords: American | American | German | Henry David Thoreau
Bookseller catalogs: Literature;

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