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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers -- WITH original glassine dust jacket; With an Introduction by Charles R. Anderson and Illustrations by R. J. Holden
by THOREAU, Henry David
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
(Avon, Connecticut): The Limited Editions Club, 1975. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. R. J. Holden. 4to. Pp. xv, 327. Introduction by Charles Anderson. Frontis. illustration spreads to title page, printed in two colors. List of sources. Endpaper maps. Bound in three-quarter green buckram over marbled paper-cover boards, lettering stamped in gilt on spine. Top edge dyed green. Book with original glassine dust jacket. Housed in the original slipcase, design matching the cover of the book and featuring a printed paper title label on the spine. Number 934 of an edition limited to 2,000 copies. Signed by R. J. Holden on the colophon. Fine in a slipcase with a slight inconspicuous scuff, dime-size, to top rear corner of a side panel. A handsome production printed at the Stinehour Press. A superb, fresh copy.
Synopsis
Originally published: 1849. "The definitive text as approved by the Center for Editions of American Authors of the Modern Language Association of America"--Cover, p. [4]. Includes index.
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- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1468
- Title
- A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers -- WITH original glassine dust jacket; With an Introduction by Charles R. Anderson and Illustrations by R. J. Holden
- Author
- THOREAU, Henry David
- Illustrator
- R. J. Holden
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- (Avon, Connecticut)
- Date Published
- 1975
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Press;
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Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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- Gilt
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