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Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854. First edition. Illustrated with a title vignette of Thoreau's cabin in the woods and an engraved plan of Walden Pond. 357, [1, blank] pp. 8 pp. April ads at back. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown vertical-ribbed cloth with covers decoratively stamped in blind and spine ruled in blind and lettered in gilt, pale yellow coated endpapers. Fine copy (two tiny scuffs at at foot of spine). First edition. Illustrated with a title vignette of Thoreau's cabin in the woods and an engraved plan of Walden Pond. 357, [1, blank] pp. 8 pp. April ads at back. 1 vols. 8vo. A beautiful, unsophisticated copy of this landmark of American literature, “an inspiration to nature lovers, to philosophers, to sociologists ... and to persons who love to read the English language written with clarity ...” (Grolier 100, in 1947). Allen, pp. 8-10; Borst A2.1.a; BAL 20106; Grolier, American 63

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