Henry David Thoreau
23 copies for sale · $41–$39,000 · 8 first editions · 2 signed
Notable copies for sale
Writings (signed) — Bauman Rare Books$37,500
Survey Of Eagleswood (signed) — Bauman Rare Books$26,000
Walden; or, Life in the Woods (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$28,000
Walden; Or, Life in the Woods 1854 ; with a manuscript leaf from Thoreau’s memoirs bound i (first edition) — Manhattan Rare Books$22,000
Letters to Various Persons (first edition) — B & B Rare Books$1,250
Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers (first edition) — Bauman Rare Books$25,000
Walden; or, Life in the Woods (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$20,000
Maine Woods (first edition) — Heritage Book Shop$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
Walden; or, Life in the Woods2 copies · $20,000–$28,000
Maine Woods2 copies · $41–$2,750
Autograph Manuscript Leaf From Walden1 copy · $39,000
Writings1 copy · $37,500
Survey Of Eagleswood1 copy · $26,000
Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers1 copy · $25,000
Walden; Or, Life in the Woods 1854 ; with a manuscript leaf from Thoreau’s memoirs bound i1 copy · $22,000
The Writings of Henry David Thoreau1 copy · $16,000
Writings of Henry David Thoreau. Walden Edition1 copy · $4,000
Letters to Various Persons1 copy · $1,250
Market context
15 copies of Henry David Thoreau's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $67 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
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