Thoreau, Henry David & Wyeth, N. C.. MEN OF CONCORD. Houghton Mifflin, 1936.
Price: US$675.40 + shipping
Description: MEN OF CONCORD, Houghton Mifflin, 1936, first edition (second printing), a tight vg+ copy. Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth and SIGNED by him. Most uncommon thus.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. 10 colour plates, colour dust jacket illustration & colour pictorial endpapers after paintings by N. C. Wyeth WITH 24 text illustrations after drawings by Andrew Wyeth (signed with a "W") under the supervision of N. C. Wyeth. xi, [i], [1]--255, [1], pp. 4to. Publisher's green cloth, stamped in silver. A finew copy in a fine slightly toned dust jacket 10 colour plates, colour dust jacket illustration & colour pictorial endpapers after paintings by N. C. Wyeth WITH 24 text illustrations after drawings by Andrew Wyeth (signed with a "W") under the supervision of N. C. Wyeth. xi, [i], [1]--255, [1], pp. 4to
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Thoreau, Henry David; Wyeth, N.C.. MEN OF CONCORD. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1936.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, signed and dated in the year of publication by Wyeth, a great copy - not often found signed. Wyeth was a long-time admirer of Thoreau, leading him to develop this book containing selected entries from Thoreau's journal. A brilliantly executed homage. 9.25'' x 6.25''. Original green cloth stamped in blue and silver. In original dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by Wyeth with 10 color plates; 24 pen-and-ink drawings attributed to N.C. Wyeth (but actually done by Andrew Wyeth under his father's supervision). Index at rear. xii, 255, [1] pages. Signed by Wyeth on title page, and dated "'36." Small erasure mark on endpaper else fine. Jacket with small tape repairs around folds and head of spine, slightly toned spine, very light rubbing to edges.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.