1888 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, 1888. A very early reprint of the First English Edition, this being for "The Camelot Series" edited by Ernest Rhys. 
Size: 7 " X 5 " 
Pages:  xxviii-336 pages  
Binding: Very good full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed) under a removable protective mylar cover . 
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare foxing and staining, name of a previous owner on first endpaper).

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.