Excursions
by Thoreau, Henry D
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. 12mo. 319 pages. Portrait of Thoreau on frontispiece. First edition, one of 1,558 copies printed. Protected in mylar. Original publisher's blue-green BD pebbled cloth with blind-stamped borders and center wreath. Spine lettered in gilt. Brown-coated end papers. An outstanding, unsophisticated copy. Front and rear cloth boards still have original sheen, spine not as much. Top and bottom of spine and all corners and edges are in excellent condition showing almost no wear. Interior joints are not cracked. Original book sellers label from Salem on free end paper. Previous owner's name with "Christmas 1863" noted. Very light offsetting from frontispiece through tissue guard to title page which is common for this book. Interior is as clean as the day it was printed. Book is tight, square and solid. A beautiful copy. Photos upon request. BAL 20111.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arabesque Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000739
- Title
- Excursions
- Author
- Thoreau, Henry D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Ticknor and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1863
- Keywords
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Transcendentalist, nature, natural history
- Size
- 12mo
Terms of Sale
Arabesque Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Arabesque Books
Biblio member since 2015
Atlanta, Georgia
About Arabesque Books
We have been in business since 1978 selling fine old and rare books. All books are professionally wrapped, protected in bubble wrap, and shipped in a sturdy box.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 12mo
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- BAL
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
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