11-16-200811-16-2008
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2433Boston
November 16, 2008 11:00 AMCalender
350

Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862)

Sell one like this
$5,333$4,500
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2433Location: BostonDate / Time: November 16, 2008 11:00AM

Description:

Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862),The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1906, twenty volumes, manuscript edition numbered 363 of 600 copies, with Thoreau manuscript sheet laid into flyleaf, sheet size 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in., approximately 114 words, from "A Life without Principle," green cloth, 8vo, (manuscript good, bindings sunfaded to tan, with scattered staining and soiling, minor tears to spines, minor bumping and chipping, toned).
Estimate $6,000-8,000

Keywords

Henry David Thoreau, Houghton Mifflin Company