FIRST EDITION - MAINE WOODS. THOREAU. Ticknor & Fields, 1864. Green Cloth.


Item Number: 306

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $2,000

Online Close: Mar 26, 2021 12:00 PM EDT

Bid History: 31 bids - Item Sold!



Description

Thoreau, Henry D. The Maine Woods. Boston, Ticknor & Fields, 1864. BAL 20113. The Maine Woods first edition was 1,650 copies, printed mid-late May, 1864, and bound in green, purple, and brown cloth. This auction title is bound in green cloth, and states, “Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by TICKNOR AND FIELDS, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. UNIVERSITY PRESS: WELCH, BIGELOW, AND COMPANY, CAMBRIDGE”. The books listed in the ads facing the title-page are priced. April Ticknor & Fields book catalogue inserted at the rear. Condition: good. Quite edgeworn. Chipped corners. Possibly ex-lib. Pencil notes on first and last pages. Foxing on page edges. There is shelf wear rand some pencil marginalia.

Special Instructions

Shipping and Handling charges apply. Ships from Concord, MA. 

Donated by

Anton Kovar Estate