Letters to Various Persons.
by THOREAU, Henry David
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Boston: Ticknor and Fields,, 1865. First edition in the binding variant A, described in BAL as presumably the earliest of a number of styles, and cloth type Z. This volume compiles a large number of letters written by Thoreau to correspondents such as his sister and Ralph Waldo Emerson, along with nine poems. An exceptional copy, Thoreau's books are rarely found in such beautiful condition. Octavo. Original purple diamond-patterned cloth, spine lettered in gilt, brown coated endpapers, boards blocked in blind with eight-point cornerpieces and central wreath. A superb copy, tight and fresh. BAL 20116.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 79534
- Title
- Letters to Various Persons.
- Author
- THOREAU, Henry David
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Boston: Ticknor and Fields,
- Date Published
- 1865
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- BAL
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- Tight
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- Octavo
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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