The Cost Books of Ticknor and Fields and their Predecessors, 1832-1858. Edited with an introduction and notes by Warren S. Tryon and William Charvat. The Bibliographical Society of America, 1949. 508 pp. Red cloth hardcover with gilt letters on spine. No dust jacket. In very good condition for its age. And the costs of publishing Mr. Thoreau's first edition of Walden are included. A nice reference work for the devoted Thoreauvian or student of 19th century publishing.