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Houghton Mifflin and Company, Date: 1881. Hardcover. Fair-Good. Gilt stamped green cloth with beveled edges; top edges gilt. The volume is edge rubbed with exposed corners and frayed spine ends. The book has sewn binding with some signatures starting to pull away. Barely good. 1881. Houghton Mifflin and Company [US]
[publisher: Houghton Mifflin and Company] Hardcover Gilt stamped green cloth with beveled edges; top edges gilt. The volume is edge rubbed with exposed corners and frayed spine ends. The book has sewn binding with some signatures starting to pull away. Barely good. [San Jose, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1881]
Boston: Ticknor and Fields. Poor. Date: 1865. Hardcover. Text Block good, no markings throughout text.; Ex-Library; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . 1865. Ticknor and Fields [US]
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Date: 1881. Vintage Copy. Hardcover. Book condition is Good bound in green beveled cloth boards with gilt titles. Bumps to boards, rubbing and edge wear to exterior. Hinge is starting. Some foxing and toning throughout interior. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 8vo 7 3/4"h x 5 1/4"w. 1881. Houghton, Mifflin and Company [US]
[publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston] Hardcover Book condition is Good bound in green beveled cloth boards with gilt titles. Bumps to boards, rubbing and edge wear to exterior. Hinge is starting. Some foxing and toning throughout interior. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 8vo 7 3/4"h x 5 1/4"w. [Kingston, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1881]
[publisher: Ticknor and Fields, Boston] Hardcover First Edition 229 pages. First edition which consisted of only 2,130 copies. Original green cloth, spine reading "Author of Walden" etc. as noted in BAL, binding B. Protected in mylar. Binding is in great shape with no fading to the dark green spine. Gilt contrast on spine is strong. Tips with minor wear, top and bottom of spine has very minor wear, no chips or tears. Binding has a couple of slight stains on the rear cover. Interior is very clean and tight, no cracks at interior gutters. A book plate is on the front paste down with minor repairs where glue caused small holes in the free front end paper. No other markings of previous ownership. Overall an attractive copy. BAL 20116. [Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1865]
[publisher: Ticknor and Fields] Hardcover First Edition Letters to Various Persons By Henry D. Thoreau, Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1865, edited by Ralph Waldo Emerson, 229 pp, blind stamped cloth, 7.5 x 5, 12mo. In fair condition. Chipped with loss at head and tail of spine. Spine faded from sun exposure. Light wear to extremities with minor scuffing along edges and corners. Bookplate of Chas. E. Rickes on paste-down. Front gutter tender with splitting. Front end page is chipped at edges. Light toning to edges of textblock with minor instances of foxing. Binding remains tight and intact. Free of known marginalia. Good despite minor aesthetic issues. Please see photos. Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American author, naturalist, abolitionist, and philosopher. Thoreau is best-known for his poems and essays. Many of his writings interweave themes of nature and philosophy. This book contains reprints of Thoreaus correspondence with titular various persons. The latter part of the book contains poems by Thoreay, beginning on 211 pp. Edited by Emerson. 1st edition, BAL A. [Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1865]
[publisher: Ticknor and Fields, Boston, MA] Hardcover First Edition Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Wrapped in mylar. 5" x 7 1/2." 229 pages, complete. Referenced in the Bibliography of American Literature (BAL), no. 20116: Binding "A." Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Spine is sunned. The head and tail of spine are chipped. There is a split measuring about 2" along the front joint. An unworn, Very Good copy. Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American author, naturalist, abolitionist, and philosopher. Thoreau is best-known for his poems and essays. Many of his writings interweave themes of nature and philosophy. This book contains reprints of Thoreau's correspondence with the titular "various persons." The latter part of the book contains poems by Thoreau, beginning on Page 211. [Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1865]
Boston: Ticknor and Fields. Very Good-. Date: 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. The cloth is rubbed and separating at the top of the spine. "Ticknor" at the base of the spine. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 229 pages . 1865. Ticknor and Fields [US]
[publisher: Ticknor and Fields, Boston] Hardcover First Edition Attractively bound copy of the first edition, with marlbled paper endpapers. [Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1865]
First Edition THOREAU, Henry David. LETTERS TO VARIOUS PERSONS. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. First edition. A most interesting copy, inscribed by Annie Delano to her Uncle Ned on 31 July in the year of publication. An early inscription as the book was not listed for sale until the August 1865. The recipient, Edward Delano was one of President Franklin Roosevelt's maternal grandfather's brothers and Annie Delano was his aunt. There are a few tiny nicks at the head and tail of the spine and some foxing throughout the text, on the whole, however, it is a sturdy pleasing early copy with an interesting pedigree. (BAL 20116, binding a). [Boston, MA, U.S.A.]
FE. THOREAU, Henry David. LETTERS TO VARIOUS PERSONS. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. First edition. A most interesting copy, inscribed by Annie Delano to her Uncle Ned on 31 July in the year of publication. An early inscription as the book was not listed for sale until the August 1865. The recipient, Edward Delano was one of President Franklin Roosevelt's maternal grandfather's brothers and Annie Delano was his aunt. There are a few tiny nicks at the head and tail of the spine and some foxing throughout the text, on the whole, however, it is a sturdy pleasing early copy with an interesting pedigree. (BAL 20116, binding a). US
FE. THOREAU, Henry David. LETTERS TO VARIOUS PERSONS. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. First edition. A most interesting copy, inscribed by Annie Delano to her Uncle Ned on 31 July in the year of publication. An early inscription as the book was not listed for sale until the August 1865. The recipient, Edward Delano was one of President Franklin Roosevelt's maternal grandfather's brothers and Annie Delano was his aunt. There are a few tiny nicks at the head and tail of the spine and some foxing throughout the text, on the whole, however, it is a sturdy pleasing early copy with an interesting pedigree. (BAL 20116, binding a). [US]
First Edition THOREAU, Henry David. LETTERS TO VARIOUS PERSONS. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. First edition. A most interesting copy, inscribed by Annie Delano to her Uncle Ned on 31 July in the year of publication. An early inscription as the book was not listed for sale until the August 1865. The recipient, Edward Delano was one of President Franklin Roosevelt's maternal grandfather's brothers and Annie Delano was his aunt. There are a few tiny nicks at the head and tail of the spine and some foxing throughout the text, on the whole, however, it is a sturdy pleasing early copy with an interesting pedigree. (BAL 20116, binding a). [Boston, MA, U.S.A.]
[publisher: Ticknor and Fields, Boston] First Edition First edition. (BAL binding A with "Author of Excursions and a Week on the Concord River" on spine, imprint of Ticknor & Co. Borst A.6.1.a variant 4.) [viii], 229 pp. Original purple cloth with zigzag pattern, front stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt, brown endpapers. Very Good with cloth at head and tail worn away, toning to spine, small stain to back board. The uncommon preferred binding of Thoreau's Letters. [Portland, OR, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1865]
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, Date: 1865. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. (BAL binding A with "Author of Excursions and a Week on the Concord River" on spine, imprint of Ticknor & Co. Borst A.6.1.a variant 4.) [viii], 229 pp. Original purple cloth with zigzag pattern, front stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt, brown endpapers. Very Good with cloth at head and tail worn away, toning to spine, small stain to back board. The uncommon preferred binding of Thoreau's Letters. 1865. Ticknor and Fields US
Boston Ticknor and Fields 1865 First Edition Very Good First edition. (BAL binding A with "Author of Excursions and a Week on the Concord River" on spine, imprint of Ticknor & Co. Borst A.6.1. a variant 4. ) [viii], 229 pp. Original purple cloth with zigzag pattern, front stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt, brown endpapers. Very Good with cloth at head and tail worn away, toning to spine, small stain to back board. The uncommon preferred binding of Thoreau's Letters.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, Date: 1865. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. (BAL binding A with "Author of Excursions and a Week on the Concord River" on spine, imprint of Ticknor & Co. Borst A.6.1.a variant 4.) [viii], 229 pp. Original purple cloth with zigzag pattern, front stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt, brown endpapers. Very Good with cloth at head and tail worn away, toning to spine, small stain to back board. The uncommon preferred binding of Thoreau's Letters. 1865. Ticknor and Fields [US]
[publisher: Ticknor and Fields, Boston] First Edition First edition. (BAL binding A with "Author of Excursions and a Week on the Concord River" on spine, imprint of Ticknor & Co. Borst A.6.1.a variant 4.) [viii], 229 pp. Original purple cloth with zigzag pattern, front stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt, brown endpapers. Very Good with cloth at head and tail worn away, toning to spine, small stain to back board. The uncommon preferred binding of Thoreau's Letters. [Portland, OR, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1865]
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, Date: 1865 Edited by Ralph Waldo Emerson. First edition, first printing, in Blanck's "A" binding. One of 2,130 copies. Publisher's brown cloth, with wreath illustrations stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt, and brown coated endpapers. Near fine, with light toning to spine and bottom margin of front board, light wear to spine ends, some ink staining to verso of front free endpaper, and text outlined in ink on pp. 74-77. Overall, a sturdy and attractive copy. BAL 20116. Letters to Various Persons is Thoreau's sixth book and the fourth to be published posthumously. Specifically, it is a collection of Thoreau's letters to his friends, written from 1840-1862. As Emerson notes in his preface, "Nearly all the letters have been printed directly from the original autographs furnished by the persons to whom they were addressed" and clarifies that "the letters have been printed as they stood, with very few verbal corrections." Additionally, Letters contains nine poems, including "Sympathy," "Mountains," "Smoke," "Smoke in Winter," and "Haze," among others. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 1865. Boston: Ticknor and Fields US
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, Date: 1865 Edited by Ralph Waldo Emerson. First edition, first printing, in Blanck's "A" binding. One of 2,130 copies. Publisher's brown cloth, with wreath illustrations stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt, and brown coated endpapers. Near fine, with light toning to spine and bottom margin of front board, light wear to spine ends, some ink staining to verso of front free endpaper, and text outlined in ink on pp. 74-77. Overall, a sturdy and attractive copy. BAL 20116. Letters to Various Persons is Thoreau's sixth book and the fourth to be published posthumously. Specifically, it is a collection of Thoreau's letters to his friends, written from 1840-1862. As Emerson notes in his preface, "Nearly all the letters have been printed directly from the original autographs furnished by the persons to whom they were addressed" and clarifies that "the letters have been printed as they stood, with very few verbal corrections." Additionally, Letters contains nine poems, including "Sympathy," "Mountains," "Smoke," "Smoke in Winter," and "Haze," among others. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 1865. Boston: Ticknor and Fields [US]
[publisher: Boston: Ticknor and Fields] Hardcover First Edition Edited by Ralph Waldo Emerson. First edition, first printing, in Blanck's "A" binding. One of 2,130 copies. Publisher's brown cloth, with wreath illustrations stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt, and brown coated endpapers. Near fine, with light toning to spine and bottom margin of front board, light wear to spine ends, some ink staining to verso of front free endpaper, and text outlined in ink on pp. 74-77. Overall, a sturdy and attractive copy. BAL 20116. Letters to Various Persons is Thoreau's sixth book and the fourth to be published posthumously. Specifically, it is a collection of Thoreau's letters to his friends, written from 1840-1862. As Emerson notes in his preface, "Nearly all the letters have been printed directly from the original autographs furnished by the persons to whom they were addressed" and clarifies that "the letters have been printed as they stood, with very few verbal corrections." Additionally, Letters contains nine poems, including "Sympathy," "Mountains," "Smoke," "Smoke in Winter," and "Haze," among others. [New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: ...
[publisher: Ticknor and Fields, Boston] Hardcover First Edition Letters to Various Persons by Henry David Thoreau. First edition in original dark green cloth with gold lettering and ornamentation. Publisher: Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1865. 229 pages. BAL binding A with "Author of Excursions and a Week on the Concord River" on spine and imprint of Ticknor & Co. Binding is in near fine condition, wear to the top of the spine. Contents clean. 5 x 7 3/8 inches. BAL 20116. Inventory #23-119. Price: $1500. [Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1865]
[publisher: Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865] First Edition First edition in the binding variant A, described in BAL as presumably the earliest of a number of styles, and cloth type Z. This volume compiles a large number of letters written by Thoreau to correspondents such as his sister and Ralph Waldo Emerson, along with nine poems. An exceptional copy, Thoreau's books are rarely found in such beautiful condition. BAL 20116. Octavo. Original purple diamond-patterned cloth, spine lettered in gilt, brown coated endpapers, boards blocked in blind with eight-point cornerpieces and central wreath. A superb copy, tight and fresh. [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1865]
Boston: Ticknor and Fields,, Date: 1865. First edition in the binding variant A, described in BAL as presumably the earliest of a number of styles, and cloth type Z. This volume compiles a large number of letters written by Thoreau to correspondents such as his sister and Ralph Waldo Emerson, along with nine poems. An exceptional copy, Thoreau's books are rarely found in such beautiful condition. Octavo. Original purple diamond-patterned cloth, spine lettered in gilt, brown coated endpapers, boards blocked in blind with eight-point cornerpieces and central wreath. A superb copy, tight and fresh. BAL 20116. 1865. [GB]
[publisher: Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865] First Edition First edition in the binding variant A, described in BAL as presumably the earliest of a number of styles, and cloth type Z. This volume compiles a large number of letters written by Thoreau to correspondents such as his sister and Ralph Waldo Emerson, along with nine poems. An exceptional copy, Thoreau's books are rarely found in such beautiful condition. BAL 20116. Octavo. Original purple diamond-patterned cloth, spine lettered in gilt, brown coated endpapers, boards blocked in blind with eight-point cornerpieces and central wreath. A superb copy, tight and fresh. [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1865]
Date: 1865. THOREAU, Henry D[avid]. Letters to Various Persons. Orig. cloth. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1865. First edition. BAL 20116. A fine, bright copy. 1865. [US]
Hardcover First Edition THOREAU, Henry D[avid]. Letters to Various Persons. Orig. cloth. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1865. First edition. BAL 20116. A fine, bright copy. [Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1865]
Date: 1865. First Edition . THOREAU, Henry David. Letters to Various Persons. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. Octavo, original blind- and gilt-stamped purple cloth. Housed in a custom chemise and slipcase. $2600.First edition of this wonderful posthumous collection of Thoreau’s letters, edited by Emerson, a fine copy in the original cloth. This first collection of Thoreau's letters was edited after his death by Ralph Waldo Emerson, who notes in his preface, ""It may interest the reader… to know that nearly all these letters have been printed from the original autographs furnished by the persons to whom they were addressed."" With nine poems appended to the letters. BAL binding ""A""; Borst binding ""5,"" priority undetermined. BAL 20116. Borst A6.1.a. Allen, 21. Johnson, 501. A beautiful copy in fine condition. 1865. US
Date: 1865. First Edition . THOREAU, Henry David. Letters to Various Persons. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. Octavo, original blind- and gilt-stamped purple cloth. Housed in a custom chemise and slipcase. $2600.First edition of this wonderful posthumous collection of Thoreau’s letters, edited by Emerson, a fine copy in the original cloth. This first collection of Thoreau's letters was edited after his death by Ralph Waldo Emerson, who notes in his preface, ""It may interest the reader… to know that nearly all these letters have been printed from the original autographs furnished by the persons to whom they were addressed."" With nine poems appended to the letters. BAL binding ""A""; Borst binding ""5,"" priority undetermined. BAL 20116. Borst A6.1.a. Allen, 21. Johnson, 501. A beautiful copy in fine condition. 1865. [US]
First Edition "THOREAU, Henry David. Letters to Various Persons. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. Octavo, original blind- and gilt-stamped purple cloth. Housed in a custom chemise and slipcase. $2600.First edition of this wonderful posthumous collection of Thoreaus letters, edited by Emerson, a fine copy in the original cloth. This first collection of Thoreau's letters was edited after his death by Ralph Waldo Emerson, who notes in his preface, "It may interest the reader to know that nearly all these letters have been printed from the original autographs furnished by the persons to whom they were addressed." With nine poems appended to the letters. BAL binding "A"; Borst binding "5," priority undetermined. BAL 20116. Borst A6.1.a. Allen, 21. Johnson, 501. A beautiful copy in fine condition." [Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1865]
[publisher: Ticknor and Fields, Boston] Hardcover First Edition Octavo, [i-viii], 1-229. In Good condition. Bound in purple wavy-patterned cloth with gilt text on sunned-brown spine. Boards show sunning to spine and head edge of front cover, library sticker on spine, mild rubbing to corners, and spine edges chipped off. Text block has bookplate on front pastedown, mild foxing, partial splitting to gutter between pages 146 and 147 and between pages 166 and 167, medium open tear to rear endpaper, and library folder attached to rear pastedown. Ex-Library. BAL 20116; Binding A. Shelved in Room A. 1370593. Special Collections. [Rockville, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1865]
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, Date: 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, [i-viii], 1-229. In Good condition. Bound in purple wavy-patterned cloth with gilt text on sunned-brown spine. Boards show sunning to spine and head edge of front cover, library sticker on spine, mild rubbing to corners, and spine edges chipped off. Text block has bookplate on front pastedown, mild foxing, partial splitting to gutter between pages 146 and 147 and between pages 166 and 167, medium open tear to rear endpaper, and library folder attached to rear pastedown. Ex-Library. BAL 20116; Binding A. Shelved in Room A. 1370593. Special Collections. 1865. Ticknor and Fields US
Boston Ticknor and Fields 1865 First Edition Hardcover Book. Octavo, [i-viii], 1-229. In Good condition. Bound in purple wavy-patterned cloth with gilt text on sunned-brown spine. Boards show sunning to spine and head edge of front cover, library sticker on spine, mild rubbing to corners, and spine edges chipped off. Text block has bookplate on front pastedown, mild foxing, partial splitting to gutter between pages 146 and 147 and between pages 166 and 167, medium open tear to rear endpaper, and library folder attached to rear pastedown. Ex-Library. BAL 20116; Binding A. Shelved in Room A. 1370593. Special Collections.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, Date: 1865. First edition. Posthumous collection of Thoreau's letters to family and friends, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, who edited this work. Also includes nine poems. BAL 20116, binding variant A, presumed to be the first one. Original green HC (pebbled) cloth. A good, strong, and still attractive copy with endpapers cracking at hinges though hinges still tight, cloth at spine ends apparently strengthened at some point but now chipped away; few marginal chips to text, and gilt on spine just a little dulled. 1865. Ticknor and Fields [US]
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, Date: 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, [i-viii], 1-229. In Good condition. Bound in purple wavy-patterned cloth with gilt text on sunned-brown spine. Boards show sunning to spine and head edge of front cover, library sticker on spine, mild rubbing to corners, and spine edges chipped off. Text block has bookplate on front pastedown, mild foxing, partial splitting to gutter between pages 146 and 147 and between pages 166 and 167, medium open tear to rear endpaper, and library folder attached to rear pastedown. Ex-Library. BAL 20116; Binding A. Shelved in Room A. 1370593. Special Collections. 1865. Ticknor and Fields [US]
[publisher: Ticknor and Fields, Boston] Hardcover First Edition First edition. Posthumous collection of Thoreau's letters to family and friends, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, who edited this work. Also includes nine poems. BAL 20116, binding variant A, presumed to be the first one. Original green HC (pebbled) cloth. A good, strong, and still attractive copy with endpapers cracking at hinges though hinges still tight, cloth at spine ends apparently strengthened at some point but now chipped away; few marginal chips to text, and gilt on spine just a little dulled. [Middletown, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1865]
[publisher: Ticknor and Fields, Boston] Hardcover First Edition Octavo, [i-viii], 1-229. In Good condition. Bound in purple wavy-patterned cloth with gilt text on sunned-brown spine. Boards show sunning to spine and head edge of front cover, library sticker on spine, mild rubbing to corners, and spine edges chipped off. Text block has bookplate on front pastedown, mild foxing, partial splitting to gutter between pages 146 and 147 and between pages 166 and 167, medium open tear to rear endpaper, and library folder attached to rear pastedown. Ex-Library. BAL 20116; Binding A. Shelved in Room A. 1370593. Special Collections. [Rockville, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1865]
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