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A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS
by Thoreau, Henry D
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- Hardcover
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston, Cambridge, New York, Philadelphia & London: James Munroe and Company [et al], 1849.. [6],[7]-413,[3]pp. Publisher's black cloth ruled in blind, lettered in gilt. Endsheets slightly tanned, spine ends chipped with 6mm loss at crown and narrow splits at crown and toe of lower outer hinge, foretips worn, upper board shows some light soiling, 1.5cm narrow chip in middle of upper outer hinge, extreme lower fore-tip of lead 21/22 folded and thus a bit over extended when bound; a good, sound copy, internally very good or better, uncommonly clean, with only a hint of occasional light foxing. First edition, first issue, of Thoreau's first book, in the trade binding (BAL's binding A). This copy does not bear the pencil corrections and additions that occur in a few copies. Thoreau paid for its publication in an edition of 1000 copies, of which 706 copies (bound and in sheets) reverted to the author after dismal sales. Of special note is the presence of the terminal advert leaf noting that WALDEN "will soon be published." The poor sales of this title were, in part, cause for its delay until 1854. Eventually, in 1862, Ticknor and Fields acquired the remainder of bound and unbound copies, and 500 copies were equipped with a cancel title-leaf, constituting the second issue. A second, corrected edition was not called for until 1868. BORST A1.1.A1. BAL 20104.
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- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCLIT88592
- Title
- A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS
- Author
- Thoreau, Henry D
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James Munroe and Company [et al]
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Cambridge, New York, Philadelphia & London
- Date Published
- 1849.
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About William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
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