A Week on the Concord and Merrimack

by Henry David Thoreau

$15,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition, first printing, first issue of the author’s first book. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher’s original brown cloth, blind-embossed on boards, stamped in gilt on spine; head of spine very slightly bumped, as are corners; small areas of wear to spine edges; small stain to lower right edge of front; unusually fresh and clean internally; some minor foxing, with small hole at bottom of p. 205, not affecting text; one-page advertisement for Walden at rear.

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