12mo.
7 1/4".
(7) 1-328pp, 22ads, (1).
The Maine Woods by Henry D.
Thoreau.
Published by Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1864.
First edition.
Very good minus book, no dust jacket.
Textured black cloth covered boards.
Blind-stamped border edges, corner and center decorations on front and back board panels.
Gilt stamped lettering and graphics on spine.
Boards are lightly scuffed, lettering on text is rubbed but just legible.
Head- and foot-bands are missing on spine.
Front gutter is partially cracked 2 3/4" from the upper end and 2" from the lower end.
Fore-edge corner tips are rubbed through.
Previous owner's bookplate and penciled writing on the front paste-down.
Previous owner's penciled name on first blank page after FFEP.
External page edges and text pages are age-toned.
Text block is sound.
In protective mylar.
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