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"RATHER THAN LOVE, THAN MONEY, THAN FAME, GIVE ME TRUTH." THOREAU, HENRY DAVID. Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Illustrated with vignette of Thoreau's hut on title-page, and map of Walden Pond after p. 306. 8vo, original brown cloth with covers decoratively blind-stamped, spine ruled in blind and lettered in gilt, very light rubbing to spine head, few shallow scratches to front cover; pale yellow coated endpapers (mild foxing), neat contemporary owner's inscription to top edge of front free endpaper, else clean; custom cloth folding case with morocco lettering piece. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854
first edition. a fine unrestored copy, clean and crisp. This copy with two blank leaves and rear free endpaper followed by 8 pages publisher's advertisement at end dated June, 1854 (no priority). one of the key documents of american transcendentalism. BAL 20106; Grolier, 100 American, 63; Borst A2.1.a.
