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Thoreau, Henry David
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description
- Thoreau, Henry David
- Excursions — Letters to Various Persons — A Yankee in Canada, with Anti-Slavery and Reform Papers. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863, 1865, 1866.
- paper
Together, 3 volumes (each approximately 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.; 190 x 115 mm). Frontispiece portrait in Excursions. Publisher's green or brown cloth, spines gilt-lettered and decorated, covers blindstamped, brown coated endpapers; generally very good copies, two volumes with some wear at spine ends. Yankee in buckram clamshell case.
Provenance
Letters: Charles Ross (contemporary signature). Yankee: Charles E. Benson, Chicago (signature dated 10 February 1869) — Ida C. Benson (book label)
Literature
BAL 20111, 20116, 20117
Condition
Condition as described in catalogue.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
First editions. Excursions and Letters were edited by Ralph Waldo Emerson, A Yankee in Canada by William Ellery Channing and Sophia Thoreau. Crisp, attractive copies.