THE MAINE WOODS

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 328 pages, 22, [1] ads; VG; bound in publisher's blind and gilt-stamped brown cloth, gilt titling to spine; housed in a VG custom buckram covered slipcase with matching chemise, leather label with faded titling; ink signature dated 1864 on ffep; light foxing; gutters beginning to crack, tail of front hinge cracking; one page of ads facing title page, April 1864 catalogue and one-page ad for the Thirteenth Volume of The Atlantic at rear; CX consignment; shelved case 1. BAL 20113, Borst A4.1.a.;




Henry D. Thoreau traveled to the backwoods of Maine in 1846, 1853, and 1857, and this account of his published posthumously in 1864 from his lectures and essays.;. 1345503. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.