Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, (1893). Walden Edition. Hardcover. Large, personal bookplate on each front pastedown; minor spots of rubbing. Near Fine and attractive on the shelf. Ten 5" x 7-3/4" volumes bound in publisher's 3/4 green morocco leather and marbled boards with heavy gilt spine decoration and lettering, top edges gilt. Illustrated with portraits of Thoreau and photogravures by Herbert Gleason of scenes and objects described in the works. This Walden edition, an early but not first printing, is based on the Riverside edition of 1893 and printed from the same plates as the Manuscript Edition. It was first published in six volumes without the JOURNALS which were added later. This set has the first four of the fourteen volumes of the JOURNALS and all of Thoreau's published work.

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Librería: Charles Agvent (US)
Inventario del vendedor #: 021393
Título: THE WRITINGS OF HENRY DAVID THOREAU [WORKS]
Autor: THOREAU, Henry David
Formato/Encuadernación: Tapa dura
Estado del libro: Usado - Large, personal bookplate on each front pastedown; minor spots of rubbing. Near Fine and attractive on the shelf
Cantidad disponible: 1
Edición: Walden Edition
Editorial: Houghton Mifflin Company
Lugar de publicación: Boston & New York
Fecha de publicación: (1893)
Palabras clave: Fine Bindings, Henry David Thoreau, 19th Century Literature, Sets, Natural History, 19th Century American Literature
Catálogos del vendedor: 19th Century American Literature; 19th Century Literature; Fine Bindings;
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Marbled boards: ...
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...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Morocco: Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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....
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...

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