Thoreau, Henry David | “The tops of mountains are among the unfinished parts of the globe...Only daring and insolent men, perchance, go there.”

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Thoreau, Henry David

The Maine Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864

12mo. Adds dated April, 1864. Clean and unspotted. Original textured purple cloth, covers stamped in blind with central wreath motif; faded. Chemise and slipcase.

First edition. One of Thoreau's "excursion books," the present volume contains the essays "Ktaadn," "Chesuncook," and "The Allegash and East Branch." Additionally, it includes a brief appendix that contains Thoreau's notes on the varieties of plants and animals one might encounter in the Maine woods, as well as some suggestions about proper attire for the region, and a helpful glossary of Native American phrases.

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BAL 20113; Borst A4.1.a