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Thoreau, Henry D.. Letters to Various Persons. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1865.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Text Block good, no markings throughout text. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: 4 THE WORLD RESOURCE DISTRIBUTORS, Springfield, MO, U.S.A.
Thoreau, Henry D.. Letters to Various Persons. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1865.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 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.
Seller: ARABESQUE BOOKS, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Thoreau, Henry D.. Letters to Various Persons. Ticknor and Fields, 1865.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 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.
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Thoreau, Henry (David). Cape Cod. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, Massachusetts, 1865.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 252 pp, + 24 pp list of books published by Ticknor & fields dated DEc 1864. Original cloth binding (BAL binding A), some wear at head and tail of spine. letters faded or rubbed but legible. BAL 20115, Borst A5.1a (2000 or 2040 copies in first printing). 5" x 7.4" boards. Fore-edge show slight protrusion , due to slight separation of signature from backing. in glassine wrapper Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 18.5 x 12 cm. 12mo. 229pp. Rebound into 3/4 brown leather with green cloth. Gilt spine lettering and 5 raised leather bands. TEG. The original covers and spine have been bound into the rear, identified as binding "A" in BAL and binding 2 in Borst with spine reading "Author of Excursions and A Week on Concord River". Some rubbing to front hinge. Small smudge to title page and verso. Small stain to the top of the foredge. BAL 20116. Borst A 6.1.a in Thoreau: A Descriptive Bibliography.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Thoreau, Henry D.. Letters to Various Persons.. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, MA, 1865.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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.
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Thoreau, Henry David. Letters to Various Persons. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1865.
Price: US$875.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Attractively bound copy of the first edition, with marlbled paper endpapers.
Seller: John R. Sanderson, Bookseller , Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Thoreau, Henry David. Letters to Various Persons. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1865.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Thoreau, Henry David. Letters to Various Persons. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 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.
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Thoreau, Henry David. Letters to Various Persons. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1865.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 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.
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Thoreau, Henry David. Letters to Various Persons. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1865.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 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 #23-121. Price: $1500.
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1562.50 + shipping
Description: First edition, BAL's binding A (presumed sequence), 12mo, pp. [8], 229; lightly rubbed, else a fine, reasonably bright, sound copy in original green cloth gilt. At the back are printed nine poems appearing here for the first time in a book. BAL 20116; Borst A6.1.a.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
THOREAU, Henry David.. Letters to Various Persons.. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865, 1865.
Price: US$1911.06 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
THOREAU, Henry D[avid]. Letters to Various Persons. , 1865.
Price: US$2200.00 + shipping
Description: THOREAU, Henry D[avid]. Letters to Various Persons. Orig. cloth. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1865. First edition. BAL 20116. A fine, bright copy.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
THOREAU Henry David. Letters to Various Persons. , 1865.
Price: US$2600.00 + shipping
Description: "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."
Seller: Bauman Rare Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.