Walden Or Life In The Woods

Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930. Limited Edition. Fine in 1/4 yellow cloth and printed paper covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2 by 6 1/4 inches with a prior owner's date only of "May, 1967" at the upper fore corner of the first free end page and a a 5 cent US postage stamp with the image of Thoreau pasted to that same page. It is unfortunate that there are six lines underlined in ink on page 9.. The contents are otherwise fine. In a fine, clear acetate dust jacket. The book and its jacket are contained within a very good+, lined, paper covered slipcase with the printed title and publisher's (truncated) name on the closed end. The slicase shows light minor separation of the joints on the opening end. One of only one thousand copies printed and sold. 355 pages of text. Illustrated with engravings throughout by Rudolph Ruzicka. With an introduction by Raymond Adams. An extremely handsome copy (Inventory #: TB33565)