Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
THOREAU, Henry David. Walden or Life in the Woods. , 1936.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: THOREAU, Henry David. Walden or Life in the Woods. Illustrated with Photographs Taken at Various Seasons at Walden Pond by Edward Steichen. And with an Introduction by Henry Seidel Canby. 4to. Orig. cloth-backed decorated boards. Boston: Printed at the Merrymount Press for the Members of the Limited Editions Club, 1936. Limited to 1500 copies signed by Steichen. Small worn spot at head of spine, else a fine copy. Lacks the slipcase.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: . . . . Signed limited edition: No. 536 of 1500 copies printed. Large 8vo, hardcover, no dj, as issued. Bound in black quarter-cloth over blue patterned paper-covered boards; lacking the slipcase. SIGNED by photographer Edward Steichen on rear limitation page. Vg condition. Contents crisp & clean, appears unread, no foxing or "thumbing" to pages. Binding & hinges solid with no cracking at endpaper seams. Board edges moderately rubbed, spine ends bumped w/ three tiny nicks to upper spine cloth. xiii, 290 p., illus., 16 leaves of plates.
Seller: Tiber Books, Cockeysville, MD, U.S.A.
THOREAU, Henry David. WALDEN OR LIFE IN THE WOODS. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1936.
Price: US$437.50 + shipping
Description: Quarto (6-3/4" x 10") bound in black linen and blue-green paste paper-covered boards. Illustrated with photographs by Edward Steichen. Designed by D. B. Updike and printed at the Merrymount Press. Copy #323 of 1500 SIGNED by the photographer on the colophon page. Some foxing to endpapers, mostly at rear, and an occasional text page; spine ends slightly crimped and lightly worn, some rubbing to covers with slight losses of paper, mostly on the front. Very Good, lacking the slipcase
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Thoreau, Henry David. Walden or Life in the Woods. The Limited Editions Club, Boston, 1936.
Price: US$499.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Original quarter cloth with patterned boards, gilt. #840 of 1500 copies signed by photographer Steichen. Fine but for trace insecting to cloth. In lightly worn slipcase. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Signed by Illustrator
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Thoreau, Henry David. Walden or Life in The Woods. Merry Mount Press, Boston, 1936.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited to 1500 numbered and signed copies of which this is number 1390. Signed by Edward Steichen, who took the photographs of Walden pond included in the book. The slipcase is mended but strong. Fast shipping with free delivery confirmation.
Seller: The Calico Cat Bookshop, Ventura, CA, U.S.A.
THOREAU, Henry Davd. WALDEN, OR LIFE IN THE WOODS. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1936.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quarto, 290 pages, cloth, clothbacked boards (rubbed), no glassine dj, worn publ's slipcase, inked name of . Laird on free endpaper, short tear at head of spine, waxy stain at heel of slipcase, Copy no. 507 of 1500 copies signed by Steichen, whose photos of Walden Pond beautify the book. {Borst A2.26]. Introduction by Henry Seidel Canby. Printed at the Merrymount Press.
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 25.5 x 18 cm. Sm 4to. 290 pages. Brown cloth spine with decorative blue boards in slipcase with glassine jacket fragments. Limited to 1500 copies signed by the photographer Edward Steichen who's work decorates this volume this being copy number 983. Some light rubbing to the edges of the spine. The slipcase shows shelf wear and one angle has been detached and taped back together.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition thus. Small 4to. Illustrated with photographs taken at Various Seasons at Walden Pond by Edward Steichen. Introduction by Henry Seidel Canby. Original 1/2 black cloth over blue patterned boards; top edge stained blue (minor rubbing to bottom edges). Acetate dust jacket. Very good. Lacks slipcase Number 1357 of 1500 numbered copies signed by Steichen on the colophon page. Printed at the Merrymount Press
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$862.50 + shipping
Description: Photos by Edward Steichen, 10 x 7.25", black cloth backed patterned boards, 290pp, covers lightly rubbed, spine faded, spine ends bumped, extremities lightly fraying, hinges loose, pp toned at gutters; with an old bookseller's label (Philip C. Duschnes) inside rear cover, in original worn, bumped, tap repaired slipcase with a stained paper label on spine. LIMITED TO 1500 NUMBERED COPIES (this one #991), SIGNED BY EDWARD STEICHEN.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
THOREAU, HENRY DAVID. Walden: Or Life in the Woods. The Limited Editions Club, Boston, 1936.
Price: US$980.10 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. One of 1500 numbered copies [#620] bound quarter black cloth with decorated paper over boards; gilt lettering to the spine; green topstain, other edges untrimmed. Illustrated throughout with black and white plates from photographs. Some shelfwear to the outer edges of boards and tp the head and heel of the spine; previous owner's plate to the front pastedown, as well as a stamp to the recto of the rear endpage. Outer page edges lightly browned. Signed by Steichen on the limitations page.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
THOREAU, Henry David. WALDEN OR LIFE IN THE WOODS. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1936.
Price: US$1062.50 + shipping
Description: Quarto (6-3/4" x 10") bound in black linen and blue-green paste paper-covered boards. Illustrated with photographs by Edward Steichen. Designed by D. B. Updike and printed at the Merrymount Press. Copy #347 of 1500 SIGNED by the photographer on the colophon page. Tasteful bookplate on the front pastedown with offsetting to the front endpaper; spine ends slightly crimped. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a very short split at the top
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.