Buy this book on-line Thoreau, Henry David : The Maine WoodsTicknor & Fields, Boston, 1864
Octavo in unfaded original green pebble-grained cloth, gilt titles to spine, brown coated endpapers, boards blind embossed with eight-point corner pieces with wreath central both front and rear. Boards lightly rubbed at extremities, spine especially showing wear at head and foot, threads showing there and corners. A terrific copy, the cloth is clean and vibrant, and the whole is tightly bound. Adhesive remnants on bottom edge of front pastedown from address label carefully removed, and on second free end paper where a newspaper (20th century) photo of Thoreau has been also carefully removed leaving a ghost, some adhesive and ink from reverse of clipping. Another of 1650 copies published in May, 1864 with the list of Thoreau's books priced and no edition statement on the copyright page, 20+ pages of advertisements bound in at the rear dated April 1864. The cloth is a variant not listed in BAL. Last page of the adverts state "The Thirteenth Volume"... photos always available to serious customers.; 328 pages, Very Good+ with no dust jacket Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Thoreau, Henry David : The Maine Woods. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including fine bindings, livres d'occasion, libri rari, livres illustrées and atlases. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |