Lot 216
THOREAU, Henry David (1817-1862).  A Yankee in Canada. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. 
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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