The Making of Walden, with the Text of the First Version, by J. Lyndon Shanley. The University of Chicago Press, 1957. Midway reprint in paperback, 1973. A now-classic study of Thoreau's second book. As billed, it DOES include the text of the first version of the manuscript. This paperback copy is in good shape, even though the spine has faded with time, and a bit of age shows on the outer edges of the page block. This copy has a few marks from its previous owner, J. Parker Huber.