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Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854. First Edition. Full leather in leather clamshell case. Very Good-. 12mo. Pp. 357. Vignette title page. With the engraved map of Walden Pond opposite p. 307, with imprint appearing clearly. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Bound, without ads, in late 19th or early-20th century brown morocco, neatly rehinged, with gilt lettering on spine that has five raised bands. Corners worn. An elegant binding, handsomely restored. Housed in a smart clamshell case, quarter brown pebble grain morocco over brown cloth, gilt lettering and blindstamp devices on spine with raised bands. The first printing of the first edition, without the publisher ads, listed as the first citation by Borst (Henry David Thoreau A Descriptive Bibliography). A cornerstone of American literature. BAL 20106; Borst A2.1.a; GROLIER American 100, 63.

Walden is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings written by Henry David Thoreau.