$175
Estimate: $250 - $400
Auction: February 18, 2021 10:00:00 AM EDT
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. First edition, one of 1,546 copies. 12mo. 286 pp. Binding A in original purple C cloth, stamped in blind and in gilt, spine faded, cocked, boards unevenly faded, spine ends worn; all edges trimmed; old ownership signature on front paste-down; open tear in front free endpaper; first free leaf and title-page darkened, foxing to same; scattered foxing to text; gatherings G-K slightly proud. BAL 20117; Borst A7.1.a.
Contains Thoreau's important essay "Civil Disobedience".