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Letters to Various Persons
de Thoreau, Henry David
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine
- Librería
-
New York, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865 Edited by Ralph Waldo Emerson. First edition, first printing, in Blanck's "A" binding. One of 2,130 copies. Publisher's brown cloth, with wreath illustrations stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt, and brown coated endpapers. Near fine, with light toning to spine and bottom margin of front board, light wear to spine ends, some ink staining to verso of front free endpaper, and text outlined in ink on pp. 74-77. Overall, a sturdy and attractive copy. BAL 20116. Letters to Various Persons is Thoreau's sixth book and the fourth to be published posthumously. Specifically, it is a collection of Thoreau's letters to his friends, written from 1840-1862. As Emerson notes in his preface, "Nearly all the letters have been printed directly from the original autographs furnished by the persons to whom they were addressed" and clarifies that "the letters have been printed as they stood, with very few verbal corrections." Additionally, Letters contains nine poems, including "Sympathy," "Mountains," "Smoke," "Smoke in Winter," and "Haze," among others. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.
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Detalles
- Librería
- B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- HDT022
- Título
- Letters to Various Persons
- Autor
- Thoreau, Henry David
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Boston: Ticknor and Fields
- Fecha de publicación
- 1865
- Catálogos del vendedor
- American Literature; 19th Century Literature;
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
New York, New York
Sobre B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
Selling First Editions and Rare Books from all centuries. Specializing in 19th and 20th century literature, modern first editions, signed and inscribed books, early children's literature, and poetry.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- First Edition
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
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- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
