A Fine Collection of American Literature and History

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. First edition. 8vo. (viii), 229 pp. Edited by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Publisher's blue cloth-covered boards (BAL Binding A), stamped in blind and in gilt, slightly cocked, spine faded, spine ends worn, top front corner worn; all edges trimmed; front hinge split; pp. 81-88 slightly proud. Borst A6.1.a; BAL 20116

An important first edition of Thoreau's sixth published work, the fourth following his death. Published in October 1865 in an edition of 2,100 copies.