A week on the Concord and Merrimac Rivers ; with a prefatory note by Will H. Dircks
by Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862)
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London : Walter Scott, 1889. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original decorated gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Provenance: from the library of Sutton Sharpe, with his bookplate to front pastedown. Date is suggested. Physical description: xviii, 349 pages frontispiece, 18 cm. Subjects: Thoreau, Henry David 1817-1862; Travel; Massachusetts Concord River; Merrimack River (N.H. and Mass.); Philosophy of nature; Rivers New Hampshire; Concord River (Mass.) Description and travel; American writers.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 393663
- Title
- A week on the Concord and Merrimac Rivers ; with a prefatory note by Will H. Dircks
- Author
- Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- London : Walter Scott
- Date Published
- 1889
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