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Walden (Courage Classics)
de Thoreau, Henry David
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0894718797
- ISBN 13
- 9780894718793
- Librería
-
Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Courage Books, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. From the copyright page, ""The text of this volume is reprinted from a first edition of 'Walden, or Life in the Woods' published in 1854 by Ticknor and Fields, Boston."" This is the first printing of this edition by Courage Books. Hard cover in very good condition with green boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Orange end papers. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings noted. Concludes with two essays: Original essay published in 1939 and reprinted here, ""Thoreau: No Hermit"" by Max Lerner Second is reprinted from original 1954 essay of E. B. White entitled ""A Slight Sound at Evening."" Dust jacket very good; shows only ghost of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped: there is no price on front flap. From the front flap, "" ... Seeking solitude, Thoreau found intellectual freedom. While you may not agree with all of the answers he found, this exploration will surely spur you to seek some answers of you own.""
Sinopsis
Walden (first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) by Henry David Thoreau is an American classic. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, and manual for self reliance. Published in 1854, it details Thoreau's sojourn in a cabin near Walden Pond, amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, near Concord, Massachusetts.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- M000940
- Título
- Walden (Courage Classics)
- Autor
- Thoreau, Henry David
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0894718797
- ISBN 13
- 9780894718793
- Editorial
- Courage Books
- Lugar de publicación
- Philadelphia
- Fecha de publicación
- 1990
- Palabras clave
- Henry David Thoreau - Homes and haunts - Walden Woods - Massachusetts, Walden Woods Massachusetts - Social life and customs
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Literature & Classics & Essays;
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Sobre el vendedor
Elk Creek Heritage Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2015
Toms River, New Jersey
Sobre Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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