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A Week on the Concord and Merrimac Rivers.
by Thoreau, Henry David
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London; Walter Scott Limited, [1895]., 1895. Hard Cover. Second British Edition. Octavo, pp. xviii, [2], 349, [1], [2] advertisements. Frontispiece of Thoreau's Cove. Publishers' olive green cloth with gilt titles and ruling to spine, and border in blind to boards; top edge stained green, others uncut. In the original 1895 unclipped beige dust-jacket. A clean crisp copy, with no annotation or inscriptions. Jacket ever so slightly toned with minor loss head of spine and a little wear at corners. A Fine copy in a Near Fine dust-jacket. Prefatory note by Will H. Dircks dated 1889. Thoreau's classic account of a boat trip in 1839, partly written as a tribute to his brother John, with whom he travelled and who died in 1842. Ostensibly a travel journal Thoreau interweaves the narrative with his musings on art, history, poetry and religion. A scarce book, especially so in the rare, well preserved late 19th c. dust-jacket. Borst, Raymond R. Henry David Thoreau: A Descriptive Bibliography. P. 11.
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- Bookseller
- Keel Row Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7656
- Title
- A Week on the Concord and Merrimac Rivers.
- Author
- Thoreau, Henry David
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London; Walter Scott Limited, [1895].
- Date Published
- 1895
- Keywords
- Travel & Topography
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About the Seller
Keel Row Books
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
About Keel Row Books
Keel Row Books is Tyneside's leading bookshop for collectable, antiquarian and second-hand books.Formerly of North Shields we are now in newly renovated double-fronted shop in the middle of Whitley Bay. Open Mon to Sat 10-5.
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
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