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Thoreau, Henry David.
Works: Cape Cod, Walden, The Maine Woods, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, Excursions.
Publisher: George G. Harrap & Company, London;
Date of Publication: 1911
Stock Code: 12411
A five volume matching set. Octavo, pp., “Cape Cod” xii,,319, [1]; “Walden” xvi, 440, “The Maine Woods” xiv, 423,[1],“A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers” xxii, 492, “Excursions” viii, 303, [1]. Illustrated by Clifton Johnson: with 164 photographic plates in total including frontispiece with tissue guard to each volume.
. Publisher’s olive green cloth; with gilt titles and an superb intricate foliate art-nouveau design by Margaret Johnson blocked in gilt and burnt orange to spine and upper boards. Top edges gilt. Spine tips a little creased, and a few corners slightly bruised; free endpapers toned; minor scattered foxing, mainly to text-block edges. “Walden” with cracked front hinge (firmly holding) and ownership inscription in ink to front free endpaper dated 1916.. A very handsome clean and bright set of Thoreau’s best known works introduced and illustrated by artist and prolific writer Clifton Johnson (1865-1940). A native of Maine himself Johnson was pioneer nature photographer as well as a photographer of the of folk-life and country life in New England. Published over three years complete sets are scarce. A suitably verdure set of the primary works of one of America’s founding transcendentalists and one of the country’s most beloved authors. Heavyweight so additional payment may be required for overseas postage.


£750.00