Buy this book on-line Sanborn, F. B.; Warner, Charles Dudley (Editor) : American Men of Letters. Henry D. ThoreauHoughton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, MA, 1882
Original publisher's maroon cloth binding with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. 5" x 7." 324 pages, complete. Sixteen additional pages of advertisements for other books in the back. "The Riverside Press, Cambridge" printed on copyright page. Pages are very clean and intact. Back free endpaper has a chip in the corner on the fore-edge. Internally Near Fine. Covers have fairly extensive rubbing on the front and back. Spine is sunned. Gilt lettering on the spine has been mostly rubbed off. Head and tail of the spine have some chipping. A Good copy. Biography of Henry David Thoreau. The American Men of Letters series was published between 1881 and 1904 and consisted of twenty-two volumes, each covering a different author. The series was edited by Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900), an American author whose works were popular during the late nineteenth century. He was also a close friend of Mark Twain. Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American author, naturalist, abolitionist, and philosopher. Thoreau is best-known for his poems and essays. Many of his writings interweave themes of nature and philosophy.. Book. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Sanborn, F. B.; Warner, Charles Dudley (Editor) : American Men of Letters. Henry D. Thoreau. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out of print books, livres d'occasion, libri rari, livres illustrées and out-of-print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |