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A Fable for Critics.

By: [Thoreau, Henry D.] Lowell, James Russell.

Price: $50.00

Seller ID: [thoreau,henryd.]lowell,jamesrussell.50(newyork)

(New York): G.P. Putnam, (1848). First edition, second printing (BAL 13063). Original paper boards, printed paper label lacking, in a custom marbled paper slipcase. Lowell's popular poem pokes fun at many of the literary figures of the day, including Thoreau, who had yet to write his first book: "How he jumps, how he strains, and gets red in the face, / To keep step with the mystagogue's (Emerson) natural pace!". Worn, top of spine lacks 1 1/2 inches, label lacking, light foxing. A Good copy.
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The Personality of Thoreau.

By: [Thoreau, Henry D.] Sanborn, F.B. Franklin Benjamin.

Price: $75.00

Seller ID: [thoreau,henryd.]sanborn,f.b.franklinbenjamin.75

Boston: Charles E. Goodspeed, 1901. First edition (Borst, C17). Original quarter cloth, printed paper label, and paper boards. One of 500 copies printed at the Merrymount Press. With the engraved bookplate of Charles Conrad Abbott (1843-1919), archaeologist and naturalist. Worn, foxed, label chipped with much loss. A Fair copy.
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The Personality of Thoreau.

By: [Thoreau, Henry D.] Sanborn, F.B. Franklin Benjamin.

Price: $165.00

Seller ID: [thoreau,henryd.]sanborn,f.b.franklinbenjamin.165

Boston: Charles E. Goodspeed, 1901. First edition (Borst, C17). Original quarter cloth, printed paper label and paper boards, top edge plain, others uncut, 71pp. One of 500 numbered copies printed on French handmade paper by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. This is the "Printer's Copy, D.B.U.", unnumbered, signed in initials by Updike under the colophon. With the Merrymount Press bookplate and the bookplate of Rhode Island Public Library's "Updike Collection of Books on Printing", two small library stickers among the front endpapers, a "Not for General Circulation" sticker on the rear ...
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The Western Thoreau Centenary: Selected Papers.

By: [Thoreau, Henry D.] Taylor, J. Golden, editor.

Price: $75.00

Seller ID: [thoreau,henryd.]taylor,j.golden,editor.75logan,

Logan, Utah: The Utah State University Press, (1963). First edition. Original printed wrappers, in a custom cloth and acrylic plastic slipcase, gilt. Margins sunned, a Very Good copy.
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Program, Henry David Thoreau Commemorative Stamp Ceremony.

By: [Thoreau, Henry D.].

Price: $100.00

Seller ID: [thoreau,henryd.].100(noplace:thethoreausocietya

(No place: The Thoreau Society and the Thoreau Lyceum, 1967). One sheet, folded. In a custom cloth folder, printed paper spine label. The program of the celebration in Concord, on July 12, 1967, commemorating Thoreau with a U.S. postage stamp. With the 5 cent stamp and First Day Cover post mark. A Fine copy.
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Thoreau Among Others. Essays in Honor of Walter Harding.

By: [Thoreau, Henry David] Gollin, Rita K. and James B. Scholes, editors.

Price: $25.00

Seller ID: [thoreau,henrydavid]gollin,ritak.andjamesb.scholes

(No place): State University College of New York at Geneseo, 1983. Original printed wrappers, illustrated, 122 pp. Eight essays, contributors include Joel Myerson, Elizabeth Witherell, Walter Harding, and Laurence Buell. A Fine copy.
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Thoreau at Katahdin.

By: [Thoreau, Henry David] Grunsky, Frederic K.

Price: $25.00

Seller ID: [thoreau,henrydavid]grunsky,frederick.25(carmich

(Carmichael, CA: Printed by Frederic Grunsky at his Press Off the Winding Way, 1998). Original printed wrappers, four pp. First printed in the Sierra Club Bulletin in 1960, it also appeared in Voices of the Earth (Sierra Club Books), 1979. This is a keepsake for the Sacramento Book Collectors Club. Fine.
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Idyllists of the Country-Side.

By: [Thoreau, Henry David] Ellwanger, George H. Herman, compiler.

Price: $67.50

Seller ID: [thoreau,henrydavid]ellwanger,georgeh.herman,compi

New York: Dodd-Mead, 1896. First edition. Original green cloth, lettered in white, decorated in green and white, title in red and black, top edge gilt, 263 pp. "Six Commentaries Concerning Some of Those Who Have Apostrophized the Joys of the Open Air". Inscribed and signed by the compiler: "To John H. Howe, Esq. In Friendliest regard from the Author. Rochester, 10th Dec./95". The six apostrophizers are Isaac Walton, Gilbert White, Thomas Hardy, Richard Jefferies, Henry David Thoreau (The Sphere of Thoreau"), and John Burroughs. Ellwanger (1848-1906) was an important American nurseryman and wri...
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The Spell of the Open Air.

By: [Thoreau, Henry David].

Price: $100.00

Seller ID: [thoreau,henrydavid].100londonandedinburgh:t.n.f

London and Edinburgh: T.N. Foulis; Boston: Le Roy Phillips, (no date, but likely the early 20th century). Original pictorial wrappers, 43 pp., illustrated, in a custom cloth and acrylic plastic slipcase, gilt. Excerpts from several writers on outdoor themes, including Thoreau ("Life Out of Doors" and "Sunset in the Country"). Somewhat worn and stained, a Good copy.
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Henry David Thoreau: Studies and Commentaries.

By: [Thoreau, Henry David].

Price: $75.00

Seller ID: [thoreau,henrydavid].75rutherford,nj:fairleighdi

Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, (1972). First edition. Original cloth, gilt, pictorial dust jacket. Papers given at the third annual Nassau Community College "American Writers Festival). Leonard Kleinfeld's copy; he was a prominent Thoreau collector. Inscribed and signed by all three editors: Walter Harding, George Brenner, and Paul A. Doyle, and by a contributor, Jack Schwartzman. Other contributors include Alfred Kazin and Muriel Rukeyser. Some dust soiling, top edge foxed. Jacket stained and torn. A Very Good copy in a Fair jacket.
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Ghost Life on the Mississippi" in "The Pacific Spectator".

By: [Twain, Mark, Samuel Clemens].

Price: $125.00

Seller ID: [twain,mark,samuelclemens].125paloalto:stanfordu

Palo Alto: Stanford University Press. Volumes I - X, 1947-1956. Ten volumes of The Pacific Spectator, all published, a quarterly. Uniform red cloth, gilt. The manuscript of "Ghost Life on the Mississippi" was found in the house of Samuel Clemens' sister, Pamela, in St. Louis, by a descendant. The story appears here for the first time, having been presented by Pamela's grandson. It is thought to have been written in about 1861. "The Pacific Spectator has for its purpose the interpretation and discussion of enduring human values, past and present, which have found expression in literature a...
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The Christian Examiner and General Review

By: [Unitarian Periodical]

Price: $20.00

Seller ID: [unitarianperiodical]20forjuly,1832.boston:graya

for July, 1832. Boston: Gray and Bowen. Original printed wrappers. A Fine copy.
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The Christian Examiner and General Review

By: [Unitarian Periodical]

Price: $20.00

Seller ID: [unitarianperiodical]20forjanuary,1835.boston:ch

for January, 1835. Boston: Charles Bowen. Original printed wrappers. A Fine copy.
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Government Forest Work.

By: [USDA, Forest Service].

Price: $40.00

Seller ID: [usda,forestservice].40(noplace,u.s.d.a.departme

(No place, U.S.D.A. Department Circular 211, 1927). Cover Title, illustrated, 44 pp., 4 x 6 inches. Revised and expanded from the 1922 edition. A recruitment tool with lots of history and mission information. Paper a little toned, offsetting to part of th e front from something acidic laid on. In Very Good condition.
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Soil Conservation Survey Guide; Pacific Region.

By: [USDA, Soil Conservation Service].

Price: $32.50

Seller ID: [usda,soilconservationservice].32.50noplace,usda

No place, USDA, January 1951 (revised). Original printed wrappers, 24 pp. "Regional Guide for Farm Planning Soil Conservation Surveys". The Soil Erosion Service was formed in 1933 in response to the Dust Bowl. It was renamed "Natural Resources Conversation Service" in 1994. Ownership signature on the front, else Fine.
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New Employee packet, USDA, Soil Conservation Service (Natural Resources Conservation Service).

By: [USDA, Soil Conservation Service].

Price: $22.50

Seller ID: [usda,soilconservationservice].22.50threeitemsgi

Three items given to new hires, late 1940's. "Working Safely in the Soil Conservation Service", no date, no publication information, unpaginated but six leaves, stapled, illustration on the front, Fine. "What's Your Future? A Guide for USDA Employees' Career Development". No place, U.S.D.A, 1945. Four leaves, illustrated. Tips for success at USDA and for promotional opportunities. In Fine condition. "Deeds. Achievements in 1949". Washington, D.C.: National Federation of Federal Employees, no date but probably 1950. One sheet folded to make four pages, with a long list of "Our Achievemets" begi...
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Autograph Letter, Signed.

By: [Virginia City, Nevada]

Price: $60.00

Seller ID: [virginiacity,nevada]60nodate,butlikelytobebefor

No date, but likely to be before 1883. From a young woman to her sister, describing a prospective trip to Mexico, via San Francisco, on the brig "Hesperian", as companion to a woman who would marry, on board ship, a "Mr. Snider that belongs to the telegraph Company....a widower with 2 children. He has a fine postition. Tom knows him and her to. I wroat (sic) and told him." Captain Winding, of the "Hesperian", a friend of Mr. Snider, would perform the marriage. The "Hesperian", was built in Eureka, CA., in 1865 by E. and H. Cousins, at a cost of $22,500. Her last owner and Master was G.J...
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Autograph Letter, Signed.

By: [Virginia, 1866]

Price: $70.00

Seller ID: [virginia,1866]70datedlaurelbrook(nearsussexcity

Dated "Laurel Brook" (near Sussex City, Virginia), April 4, 1866 - a few days short of the first anniversary of the surrender of Robert E. Lee. Signed "G.A. Bendall, to "My own dear Cousin", lots of talk of family activities, deaths, a marriage, the farm - wheat, cotton, chickens, geese, turkeys. She has seen her mother, "All her negroes left her Christmas, they have been compelled to hire white labour, which is rather difficult to do." One sheet, 1 1/2 x 11 inches, two conjugate leaves, four pages, closely written.
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"Johnsons California, Territories of New Mexico and Utah".

By: [Western Americana, 1860].

Price: $625.00

Seller ID: [westernamericana,1860].625publishedbyjohnsonand

Published by Johnson and Browning. A hand-colored map, undated but about 1860 (see David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Univ., online. The Rumsey copy is designated the first issue, and has atlas page numbers 47-48; the map for sale here is identical except for the atlas pagination, 54-55, and may be a later issue). Showing much of the far West with boundaries much different than they are today. This was a fraught time for the West and the federal government. Two prominent examples are shown in this map: Nevada/Utah - For years the people of western Utah Territory had been lobbying Washingto...
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The Yager Journals: A Diary of a Journey Across the Plains

By: [Western Americana] Yager, James Pressley.

Price: $55.00

Seller ID: [westernamericana]yager,jamespressley.55inthenev

in the "Nevada Historical Society Quarterly" complete in six parts, Spring, 1970 through Summer, 1971. All six issues in original pictorial wrappers. Printed from copies of the original manuscript diary provided by a descendant of James Pressley Yager, who crossed the plains in 1863. This has never appeared in book form. With notes and commentary by Dr. E.W. Harris of the University of Nevada (UNR), whose grandparents, all four of them, crossed the plains in th 1850s and early 60s to settle in Dayton, Nevada. Plus: Arthur M. Menefees Travels Across the Plains, 1857, in the "Society Quarterly"...
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