Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863.. 319,[1] pp. Original green cloth, stamped in blind, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Portrait frontispiece engraving of the author after Rowse's crayon sketch, with tissue guard. Small nick and some fraying at the crown of the spine, faint old spot and tide mark at top edge near the gutter (faintly beginning at p. 207, then to end); still, a very good, bright, tight copy. First edition of Thoreau's third book, published posthumously and equipped with a preliminary 33 page biographical sketch by Ralph Waldo Emerson. BAL records the edition consisted of 1558 copies. BORST A3.1.a. BAL 5236 and 20111.

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Librería: William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB (US)
Inventario del vendedor #: WRCLIT71940
Título: EXCURSIONS
Autor: Thoreau, Henry D
Estado del libro: Usado
Cantidad disponible: 1
Encuadernación: Tapa dura
Editorial: Ticknor and Fields
Lugar de publicación: Boston
Fecha de publicación: 1863.
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