A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS (SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR); With an Introduction by Charles R. Anderson and Illustrations by R.J. Holden
Published by The Limited Edition Club, Avon, Connecticut, 1975
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.Aardvark Rare Books
AbeBooks seller since October 31, 1996
Condition: Used - Near fine
US$ 50.00
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Quarto, 10.25 in. x 6.75 in. pp. xv, [3], 327. Limited edition #1146/2000, signed by the illustrator on the colophon. Laid-in: Original Limited Editions Club envelope (6 in. x 9 in.) with copy of Limited Editions Club Monthly Newsletter (June 1975, Number 488), which discusses the design of this publication. Richly illustrated with drawings in green ink. Half green cloth over green marbled boards. Gilt title on two stamped black panels to spine. Endpaper maps. White title on dark green paper label to black slipcase. Very light rubbing to slipcase. Originally published in 1849, this was Thoreau's first book and it cost him several hundred dollars, though only 219 copies sold. By 1853, the printer refused to store the unsold copies and returned 706 of them to Thoreau, who noted at the time, "I have now a library of nearly nine hundred volumes, over seven hundred of which I wrote myself." Near Fine / Very Good Plus (slipcase).
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS (SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR); With an Introduction by Charles R. Anderson and Illustrations by R.J. Holden
- Author
- Thoreau, Henry David
- Publisher
- The Limited Edition Club, Avon, Connecticut
- Publication year
- 1975
- Condition
- Near fine
- Signed
- Signed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller catalogs
- Literature ? American
Aardvark Rare Books
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