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Lot 59
Sale 3721 - A Fine Collection of American Literature and History
Jun 8, 2023
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[Literature] Thoreau, Henry D. Letters To Various Persons
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.