Autograph Manuscript leaf from working draft of WALDEN, the end of chapter III, “OF READING” inserted in: The Writings in Twenty Volumes, Manuscript Edition
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The MANUSCRIPT EDITION, No. 271 of 600 sets with an inserted leaf of autograph manuscript. 2 pages on a single sheet, inlaid and folded; Illustrated with photogravure plates after photos taken from nature by H. W. Gleason. 20 vols. 8vo. Original tan cloth, printed spine label. Some toning to cloth. Very good plus. For the Manuscript Edition: BAL 20145. Allen p. 52; Borst B3; for Thoreau’s composition process, see Shanley, The Making of Walden 1957 , pp.
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