Walden
by Thoreau
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Fine, slip case as issued
- Seller
-
Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : The Folio Society, 1980. 1st Thus. Hardcover. As New/Fine, slip case as issued. Octavo. Renton, Michael. Type: Book 2 small marks to slip case, otherwise fine.
Synopsis
Walden (first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) by Henry David Thoreau is an American classic. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, and manual for self reliance. Published in 1854, it details Thoreau's sojourn in a cabin near Walden Pond, amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, near Concord, Massachusetts.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Strawberry Hill Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021356
- Title
- Walden
- Author
- Thoreau
- Illustrator
- Renton, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine, slip case as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Thus
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Strawberry Hill Books
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Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 1st Thus
- This indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a...
- Slip Case
- A protective sleeve, often made of decorative cardboard or leather which houses a book. It is open on one end, so as to allow...