1905 Rare 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 Publishing Co., Ltd, no date (circa 1905).
Size: 7 " X 5 ".
Pages:  xxviii-336 pages + 16 pages of catalogue.
Binding: Attractive and very good decorated 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).

The book: Rare early 20th-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 a part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, a 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.