Henry David Thoreau
80 copies for sale · $35–$50,000 · 11 first editions · 4 signed
Notable copies for sale
Writings (signed) — Bauman Rare Books$37,500
Survey Of Eagleswood (signed) — Bauman Rare Books$26,000
ON PARTRIDGES: SELECTIONS FROM HIS JOURNAL1851 - 1860 (signed) — Johnnycake Books$95
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$38,000
Walden; or, Life in the Woods (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$28,000
Walden; or, Life in the Woods (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$20,000
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$10,000
Excursions (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$2,750
Autograph Manuscript Leaf From Walden — Bauman Rare Books$39,000
The Writings of Henry David Thoreau — Manhattan Rare Books$16,000
Manuscript Land Survey. A Tract of Woodland described as follows.... — Heritage Book Shop$12,500
Writings of Henry David Thoreau. Walden Edition — Heritage Book Shop$4,000
Works on the market
WALDEN6 copies · $48–$135
WALDEN OR LIFE IN THE WOODS5 copies · $344–$388
WALDEN AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE4 copies · $35–$79
CAPE COD; Easton Press3 copies · $273–$298
RESISTANCE TO CIVIL GOVERNMENT; Easton Press3 copies · $273
Walden; or, Life in the Woods2 copies · $20,000–$28,000
EXCURSIONS2 copies · $650–$1,500
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND WALDEN; Palladium Press2 copies · $398–$423
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND WALDEN2 copies · $298–$323
A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS; Franklin Library2 copies · $113–$173
WALDEN / THE MAINE WOODS / A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS; / Civil Disobedienc2 copies · $123–$148
A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS2 copies · $38–$48
Autograph Manuscript leaf from working draft of WALDEN, the end of chapter III, “OF READIN1 copy · $50,000
Autograph Manuscript Leaf From Walden1 copy · $39,000
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers1 copy · $38,000
Writings1 copy · $37,500
WALDEN, OR, LIFE IN THE WOODS; First Edition 18541 copy · $31,947
Survey Of Eagleswood1 copy · $26,000
The Writings of Henry David Thoreau1 copy · $16,000
Market context
45 copies of Henry David Thoreau's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $51 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
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