Walden or Life in the Woods
de Thoreau, Henry David
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Fine
- Librería
-
Staten Island, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Norfolk, Ct:: Easton Press, 1981. Small octavo hardcover, full grey leather, heavily decorated in gilt. Smyth-sewn binding with 22kt gold accents, archival-quality acid-neutral paper, page edges gilded on three sides, moire fabric endsheets and a satin-ribbon place marker mark this as a quality edition, one of Easton Press's Collector's Edition of The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. This special edition of "Walden" designed by Carl Purington and illustrated with wood-engravings by Thomas W. Nason. Unused Easton Press book-plate laid-in loose. No marks, writing or wear. An unread copy in as new condition. Fine. Scans sent on request.. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Sinopsis
From the book:When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the shore of Walden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts, and earned my living by the labor of my hands only. I lived there two years and two months. At present I am a sojourner in civilized life again. I should not obtrude my affairs so much on the notice of my readers if very particular inquiries had not been made by my townsmen concerning my mode of life, which some would call impertinent, though they do not appear to me at all impertinent, but, considering the circumstances, very natural and pertinent. Some have asked what I got to eat; if I did not feel lonesome; if I was not afraid; and the like. Others have been curious to learn what portion of my income I devoted to charitable purposes; and some, who have large families, how many poor children I maintained. I will therefore ask those of my readers who feel no particular interest in me to pardon me if I undertake to answer some of these questions in this book. In most books, the I, or first person, is omitted; in this it will be retained; that, in respect to egotism, is the main difference. We commonly do not remember that it is, after all, always the first person that is speaking. I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well. Unfortunately, I am confined to this theme by the narrowness of my experience. Moreover, I, on my side, require of every writer, first or last, a simple and sincere account of his own life, and not merely what he has heard of other men's lives; some such account as he would send to his kindred from a distant land; for if he has lived sincerely, it must have been in a distant land to me. Perhaps these pages are more particularly addressed to poor students. As for the rest of my readers, they will accept such portions as apply to them. I trust that none will stretch the seams in putting on the coat, for it may do good service to him whom it fits.
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- Librería
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 011909
- Título
- Walden or Life in the Woods
- Autor
- Thoreau, Henry David
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Editorial
- Easton Press
- Lugar de publicación
- Norfolk, Ct:
- Fecha de publicación
- 1981
- Palabras clave
- Fine Binding, Genuine Full Leather, Literature
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Fine Binding;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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