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Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. First edition and printing, in the first binding, per Borst. 8vo, publisher's original dark plum cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine, the covers with blind-stamped wreaths in the center bordered in blind, brown coated endpapers. 286 pp. Internally a very nice copy, the text is quite clean and fresh with no foxing, the original cloth still attractive without fading but with some expert consolidation at the corner tips and neatly rebacked preserving a majority of the original decorated cloth from the spine. FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT WORK IN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY AS IT Includes the first general appearance of "Civil Disobedience”. This title contains a five chapter work “A Yankee in Canada” based on several brief trips Thoreau made from 1849 to 1853. It was during these years that his primary residence was at Walden. The second half of the book is a series of 11 essays called the “Anti-Slavery and Reform Essays”. They include a… Read More

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company at the Riverside Press, 1886. One volume expanded to two. A UNIQUE COPY, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED AND WITH AUTOGRAPH LETTERS. With the eleven engraved original portraits featuring handwriting facsimiles and OVER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY extra engraved portraits and views from various sources, AND WITH SEVEN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTES OR LETTERS BOUND IN. Crown 8vo, in very fine and luxurious full chocolate crushed morocco by the Monastery Hill Bindery, the covers with double-frames composed of 5 gilt ruled lines, the four corners with large gilt tooled decorations in a vine, leaves and berries motif, the spines with six double-gilt framed compartments separated by gilt-ruled raised bands, four tooled with gilt leaves in the corners, two compartments lettered in gilt, additional gilt rule at the heads and tails of the spine, gilt stippled board edges, the turn-ins with wide gilt panels gilt decorated in a geometric motif surrounding a all-over green morocco inlay with… Read More

Boston: Light & Stearns, 1836. Second edition, with a new advertisement, same year as the first. With an engraved, illustrated title-page. 8vo, publisher’s original mottled brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. 332, [4 ads]. A very good copy, lightly foxed throughout as is expected with this work and with most American books of the period. SCARCE. William Andrus Alcott was a cousin of Louisa May Alcott’s father, Bronson Alcott, and dedicated his life to teaching children and improving their educational environment. In addition, he was actively engaged in the practice of medicine despite the lifelong health problems that restricted his activity. This book is one of the many informational “how-to” guides Alcott wrote throughout his life, others of which included THE YOUNG MAN’S GUIDE and THE YOUNG WIFE. THE YOUNG MOTHER contains step-by-step advice about how to raise a child. A fascinating witness to nineteenth century beliefs on everything from sleep patterns to eating and… Read More

Boston and New York: Bulfinch Press/Little, Brown and Co., December 1995-January 1996. Multiple volumes including the Uncorrected Proof, an Unpublished Cover Illustration, the Announcement, Mark-ups of the Book, Page examples, Colourplate examples and etc. A full compliment of the publisher's pre-publication work. Earliest Issue, First Issue, First Printing Illustrated with a plethora of examples including colourplates, black and white renderings and notes concerning the printing of the illustratioins. Folio leaves, 4to and 8vo examples., publisher's original wraps, printed leaves, dated specimens, now gathered together and protected in a plastic sleeve. A very fine survival, essentially as pristine and all elements in excellent and original condition. A RARE AND UNIQUE SET OF THE PUBLISHER'S EARLIEST AVAILABLE RENDERINGS, NOTES, MOCK-UPS, DIRECTIVES AND EXAMPLES OF THE SOON TO BE RELEASED BOOK. A sweet holiday treasure from one of America's most revered artists.