1886 Rare FIRST London Edition - WALDEN by Henry David Thoreau

 

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Author : Henry David Thoreau; Will H. Dircks (Introduction)
Title : WALDEN.
Language : Text in English
Publisher : London: Walter Scott, 1886 . First English (London) Edition.
Size : 7.5 " X 5 " 
Pages : xxviii, 336 + 4pp adverts
Binding : Good full cloth binding (hinges fine, upper and lower part of the spine worn and chpped, crease mark on rear board - as shown) under a removable protective mylar cover . 
Content : Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare foxing and staining, two names of previous owners on first endpaper).

Estimate : (USD 375 - USD 800)

The book : Rare First English (London) edition of Walden in the original blue publisher's cloth -- Walden 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.