Edwin Way Teale Intro Commentary (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dodd, Mead & Co. New York. 1946. 386 pages. First edition thus. first printing of the sought after Teale edition, a reference to the celebrated naturist and former president of the Thoreau Society, Edwin Way Teale. Teale put together this poignant volume to honor his inspirational muse by supplying the introduction, interpretative commentary, and 140+ photographs to accompany the classic text. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are strong and tight. Gray cloth stamped in red and gold. Illustrated photographic endpapers. Charcoal topstain. Faint, scant foxing to page deck, title page and frontispiece. The original DJ has its $5.00 price intact on flap. Attractive red DJ with a photograph of Walden pond. DJ shows chipping, closed tear, creasing and wrinkles on rear. a thin open chip at base, smaller chips, rubs and edge wrinkles elsewhere. An uncommon edition, in a lesser common DJ of the desirable first Teale edition, first printing.