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THOMPSON,HUNTER S.
Hell’s
Angels.
8vo, publisher’s cloth stamped in
red and silver, thin line of fading to bot-
tom edges; unclipped dust jacket, light
rubbing and creasing to extremities, two
tape repairs to verso, few small dampstains;
Scott Meredith Literary Agency card laid-
down to front free endpaper with
inkstamp below.
FIRST EDITION
,
FIRST
PRINTING OF THOMPSON
’
S FIRST BOOK
.
NewYork: Random House, (1967)
[350/500]
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THOREAU, HENRY DAVID.
Walden; or, Life in the Woods.
Illustrated with vignette of Thoreau’s hut
on title-page, and map of Walden Pond.
8vo, original brown cloth with covers
decoratively blind-stamped, spine ruled in
blind and lettered in gilt, short chips to
head and foot of spine, corners and lower
extremities rubbed, scattered soiling; front
hinge cracked and separated from
textblock, dampstain to upper edges of
first few leaves, blindstamp to first text
leaf, endpapers discolored and with own-
ership inscription and booksellers label.
Boston:Ticknor and Fields, 1854
[1,000/1,500]
FIRST EDITION
.
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 docu-
ments of American Transcendentalism; a copy
worthy of conservation. BAL 20106; Grolier,
100 American, 63; Borst A2.1.a.
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