"In Wildness is the Preservation of the World," with photos by Eliot Porter (1962)


Item Number: 108

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $15

Online Close: Mar 29, 2022 2:00 PM EDT

Bid History: 8 bids - Item Sold!



Description

"In Wildness is the Preservation of the World." Quotes by Henry David Thoreau. Selections and photographs by Eliot Porter. With an introduction by Joseph Wood Krutch. Sierra Club, 1962. The ground-breaking, full-color coffee table book that helped further Thoreau's reputation at the beginning of the 1960s. Thoreau quotes are paired with color photographs. This copy is missing the dust jacket, and is otherwise only slightly aged. Has no musty smell and no foxing on the pages. To find one in this good condition is challenging. Don't you need a copy?

Special Instructions

Shipping and handling charges will be added to the winning bid. Mailing will be done from the Shop at Walden Pond.

Donated by

Wayne T. Dilts