
The Property of a Gentleman
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June 21, 05:12 PM GMT
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a Gentleman
THOREAU, HENRY DAVID
Three First Editions
Summer. Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1884. 8vo (4 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.; 122 x 190 mm). Folding map of Concord present at front, publisher's advertisements at end; slightly toned. Original full green cloth over bevelled boards, upper cover with Thoreau facsimile signature in gilt, spine gilt lettered, black coated endpapers; ownership inscription to front free endpaper. First edition, one of 1,260 copies printed. BAL 20127 — Winter. Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1888. 8vo (4 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.; 122 x 190 mm). Publisher's advertisements at end; slightly toned. Original full green cloth over bevelled boards, upper cover with Thoreau facsimile signature in gilt, spine gilt lettered, black coated endpapers; very minor rubbing to extremities. First edition, of 1,550 copies printed. BAL 20129 — Autumn. Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1892. Slightly toned. Original full green cloth over bevelled boards, upper cover with Thoreau facsimile signature in gilt, spine gilt lettered, black coated endpapers; very minor rubbing to extremities. First edition, one of 1,020 copies printed. BAL 20130. William Harris Arnold (bookplate to front pasetdown)
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