THOREAU, HENRY DAVID | Two First Editions

The Property of a Gentleman

THOREAU, HENRY DAVID

Two First Editions

Cape Cod. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. 8vo (4 3/8 x 7 1/8 in.; 112 x 180 mm). Publisher's advertisements at end; one or two stray spots. Original full brown textured cloth, covers decoratively bordered in blind, spine gilt lettered, brown coated endpapers; minor wear to head and tail of spine. In custom quarter green silk over marbled board clamshell case. First edition, one of only 2,040 copies printed. BAL 20015; Borst A5.1.a.1 — Letters to Various Persons. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1865. 8vo (4 3/8 x 7 1/8 in.; 112 x 180 mm). One or two stray spots. Original full blue textured cloth (binding variant A), covers decoratively bordered with central wreath device in blind, spine gilt lettered, brown coated endpapers; minor rubbing to head of spine. In custom quarter green morocco clamshell case. First edition, one of only 2,100 copies printed. BAL 20116; Borst A6.1.a

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Together two fine first editions