1886 Rare Victorian Book - WALDEN by Henry David Thoreau with an introductory note by Will H. Dircks.

Author: Henry David Thoreau. Will H. Dircks (Introduction).
Title: WALDEN.
Language: Text in English
Publisher : London, Walter Scott, 1886. A First English Edition published in "The Camelot Series" edited by Ernest Rhys.
Size: 6.5" X 5".
Pages:  xxviii-336 pages + publisher's catalog.
Binding: Very good original full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a removable protective mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown, name and bookplate of a previous owner (Helen White) on the first endpaper - as shown).

Estimate: (USD 300 - USD 400)

The book: Rare 19th century edition of Walden (first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is a book by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. The text is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and (to some degree) manual for self-reliance.

The author: Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian. A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience" (originally published as "Resistance to Civil Government"), an argument for disobedience to an unjust state.