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HENRY DAVID THOREAU: A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY.
by [Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862] Borst, Raymond R
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles on the spine and the front cover, no dust jacket as issued./dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles on the spine and the front cover, no
- ISBN 10
- 0822934450
- ISBN 13
- 9780822934455
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Pittsburgh, PA:: University of Pittsburgh Press,, 1982,. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles on the spine and the front cover, no dust jacket as issued.. First printing. From the publisher - the first comprehensive bibliography since 1908 and "the only Thoreau bibliography to be based on the principles of modern textual scholarship. It contain complete descriptions of the primary editions and lists all subsequent editions. Illustrated with plates and facsimiles. . . [plus] information on the books, magazines, and pamphlets that contain first printing material by Thoreau. For the first time, illustrations of all of Thereau's first edition title pages are gathered in one volume. Also illustrated are bindings and dust jackets." A title in the Pittsburgh Series in Bibliography. Frontispiece portrait. Appendix, index. xvi, 232 pp. including an , text and illustratedfrom photographs of many of Therou's first edition titles.
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- Title
- HENRY DAVID THOREAU: A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY.
- Author
- [Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862] Borst, Raymond R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles on the spine and the front cover, no dust jacket as issued.
- Jacket Condition
- dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles on the spine and the front cover, no
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0822934450
- ISBN 13
- 9780822934455
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press,
- Place of Publication
- Pittsburgh, PA:
- Date Published
- 1982,
- Keywords
- books about books,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference Books;
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