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WALDEN OR LIFE IN THE WOODS
by THOREAU, Henry David
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Light adhesive remnant on front pastedown from a removed bookplate, slight browning to gutters. Spine darkened. Very Good in a V
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930. Hardcover. Light adhesive remnant on front pastedown from a removed bookplate, slight browning to gutters. Spine darkened. Very Good in a Very Good slipcase. Rudolph Ruzicka . Decorated boards. One of 1000 copies illustrated by Rudolph Ruzicka with an introduction by Raymond Adams.
Synopsis
From the book:When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the shore of Walden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts, and earned my living by the labor of my hands only. I lived there two years and two months. At present I am a sojourner in civilized life again. I should not obtrude my affairs so much on the notice of my readers if very particular inquiries had not been made by my townsmen concerning my mode of life, which some would call impertinent, though they do not appear to me at all impertinent, but, considering the circumstances, very natural and pertinent. Some have asked what I got to eat; if I did not feel lonesome; if I was not afraid; and the like. Others have been curious to learn what portion of my income I devoted to charitable purposes; and some, who have large families, how many poor children I maintained. I will therefore ask those of my readers who feel no particular interest in me to pardon me if I undertake to answer some of these questions in this book. In most books, the I, or first person, is omitted; in this it will be retained; that, in respect to egotism, is the main difference. We commonly do not remember that it is, after all, always the first person that is speaking. I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well. Unfortunately, I am confined to this theme by the narrowness of my experience. Moreover, I, on my side, require of every writer, first or last, a simple and sincere account of his own life, and not merely what he has heard of other men's lives; some such account as he would send to his kindred from a distant land; for if he has lived sincerely, it must have been in a distant land to me. Perhaps these pages are more particularly addressed to poor students. As for the rest of my readers, they will accept such portions as apply to them. I trust that none will stretch the seams in putting on the coat, for it may do good service to him whom it fits.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018344
- Title
- WALDEN OR LIFE IN THE WOODS
- Author
- THOREAU, Henry David
- Illustrator
- Rudolph Ruzicka
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Light adhesive remnant on front pastedown from a removed bookplate, slight browning to gutters. Spine darkened. Very Good in a V
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Lakeside Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Lakeside Press, Limited Editions, Henry David Thoreau, Rudolph Ruzicka
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century American Literature; Limited; 19th Century Literature;
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Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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