Description:
Author: Henry David Thoreau; Will H. Dircks (Introduction).Title: WALDEN.Language: Text in English.Publisher: London: Walter Scott, Ltd., no date (circa 1886 - Introductory Note dated March 1886).Size: 7 " X 5 ".Pages: xxviii-336 pages + publisher's catalog.Binding: Very good original decorated full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a removable protective mylar cover. Upper edge gilt.Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing - as shown, name of a previous owner on the first endpaper - as shown).The book: Rare 19th-century edition of Walden (first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is a book by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. The text is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and (to some degree) manual for self-reliance.