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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
by THOREAU, HENRY DAVID
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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York, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston, 1868. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo 7.25"x5. Book New and revised edition. (Second Edition, First Printing). 415pp. 12mo 7.25"x5". Original dark cloth w/embossed designs. Fst. published in 1849, describing a two-week river trip taken in 1839 in a boat he built with his brother John. Book was intended as a tribute to his brother John. Contains Thoreau's thoughts on truth, poetry, silence, traveling, friendship, etc. Fair to Good condition. Brown endpapers cracked some at the hinges. Pages are not foxed. Spine foxed along one edge and ends w/gold lettering complete. Cover has some scuffing, worn tips. Cover is overall fair; To see picture, click to next;
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Barbsloft
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000060
- Title
- A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
- Author
- THOREAU, HENRY DAVID
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition 1st Printing
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1868
- Pages
- 415
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Barbsloft
Biblio member since 2010
York, Pennsylvania
About Barbsloft
Born in 1941, I figure it's okay to sell some of the books I have.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fair
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- Cloth
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- Foxed
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- New
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- Cracked
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- 12mo
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