Walden or Life in the Woods

Walden or Life in the Woods

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Publisher

Chapman and Hall

Author

Thoreau, Henry David

Illustrator

Daglish, Eric Fitch

Reference

817

vii, [5], 289pp, [1]. Modern full brown morocco, bevelled boards, raised bands, spine in six panels, title in gilt to second panel, author in third, upper cover with inset Cosway-style oval miniature of an Eagle Owl, gilt line to edges, gilt roll to inner edges, t.e.g., marbled endpapers, housed in a bevelled morocco entry, velvet lined, cloth slipcase. Externally very good indeed, internally quite bright and clean with sixteen tissue-guarded illustrations by Daglish. Limited edition of one hundred copies, this being copy forty-two, signed by the illustrator. Binding is by Sangorski and Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf

Period

8vo

Year

Very Good

Jacket Condition

No Jacket (as Issued)

Binding

Full Morocco

Book Type

Cosway Style Binding

Publish Place

London

Publish Year

1927

Edition

First Thus

Literature

Signed by Illustrator

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