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Henry David Thoreau

Excursions

Ticknor and Fields

1863

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First edition copy of Thoreau's Excursions.

  • Henry David Thoreau (American).
  • Edited by Ralph Waldo Emerson (American).
  • Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. 
  • 1–319 pages.
  • Octavo.
  • Includes portrait frontispiece.
  • Bound in green wavy-patterned cloth with gilt text on spine.

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Boards show mild rubbing to corners, small tears to front and rear joints near head edge, and bending to spine edges.

Text block has bookplate on front pastedown, stamp on front pastedown.

Owner's inscription on third page.

Second page missing.

Pencil marking on margins of many pages and on pages 318 and 319.

Stamp from previous owner on margin of page 54.

Pages lightly toned.

Feature(s)

First Edition, Signed

Language

English

Subject

Essays, American Literature, Literature, Autobiography and Biography, Americana, American History, History

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