THOREAU, Henry David Walden; or, Life in the Woods . Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.
THOREAU, Henry David Walden; or, Life in the Woods . Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854. 8 o . Vignette of Thoreau's hut on title-page, map of Walden Pond and 8-page publisher's advertisements at end dated April 1854. Publisher's brown cloth, covers decorated in blind, spine gilt-lettered (a few small stains, pale discoloration on back cover); quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance : E. Hutchinson (pencil signature on front free endpaper). "I WENT TO THE WOODS BECAUSE I WISHED TO LIVE DELIBERATELY, TO FRONT ONLY THE ESSENTIAL FACTS OF LIFE, AND SEE IF I COULD NOT LEARN WHAT IT HAD TO TEACH, AND NOT, WHEN I CAME TO DIE, DISCOVER THAT I HAD NOT LIVED" (page 98) FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, with ads dated April 1854 at end; this copy with two blank leaves and rear free endpaper preceding advertisements. "Solid chunks of thought, in the midst of a solid chunk of nature, proving that the minimum of cash expenditure and of creature comfort may result in the maximum of acute observation and cerebration -- for almost a hundred years an inspiration to nature-lovers, to philosophers, to those of a Calvin Coolidge turn, and to persons who love to read the English language written with clarity" (Grolier American ). Borst A2.1.a; BAL 20106; Grolier American 63. A FINE COPY.
THOREAU, Henry David Walden; or, Life in the Woods . Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.
THOREAU, Henry David Walden; or, Life in the Woods . Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854. 8 o . Vignette of Thoreau's hut on title-page, map of Walden Pond and 8-page publisher's advertisements at end dated April 1854. Publisher's brown cloth, covers decorated in blind, spine gilt-lettered (a few small stains, pale discoloration on back cover); quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance : E. Hutchinson (pencil signature on front free endpaper). "I WENT TO THE WOODS BECAUSE I WISHED TO LIVE DELIBERATELY, TO FRONT ONLY THE ESSENTIAL FACTS OF LIFE, AND SEE IF I COULD NOT LEARN WHAT IT HAD TO TEACH, AND NOT, WHEN I CAME TO DIE, DISCOVER THAT I HAD NOT LIVED" (page 98) FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, with ads dated April 1854 at end; this copy with two blank leaves and rear free endpaper preceding advertisements. "Solid chunks of thought, in the midst of a solid chunk of nature, proving that the minimum of cash expenditure and of creature comfort may result in the maximum of acute observation and cerebration -- for almost a hundred years an inspiration to nature-lovers, to philosophers, to those of a Calvin Coolidge turn, and to persons who love to read the English language written with clarity" (Grolier American ). Borst A2.1.a; BAL 20106; Grolier American 63. A FINE COPY.
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