THOREAU, Henry David (1817-1862). A Yankee in Canada. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866.
Sale 759 - Selections from the Library of Gerald and Barbara Weiner
Oct 8, 2020
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$800 -
$1,200
Item was unsold
Lot Description
THOREAU, Henry David (1817-1862). A Yankee in Canada. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866.
8vo. Original publisher’s blind-stamped brown cloth, spine gilt [BAL Binding A, no priority] (rebacked preserving original spine). Provenance: A. Quimby (bookseller’s blind stamp); Juliet Porter (booklabel). FIRST EDITION. BAL 20117.
[With:]
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894). The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1858. 8vo. Engraved title-page. Original publisher’s blind-stamped brown cloth, spine gilt [BAL Binding A] (some light chipping to spine ends). Provenance: Julia R. Day (early signature). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the period after the word “Company” in the imprint. BAL 8781.
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