Paris: L. Conquet / G. Charpentier, 1883. Later edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [7], viii-xvi, 1-347, [2]; [4], 1-373, [3] pp. Later three-quarter brown morocco over marbled boards, beautiful red, green, white, and yellow decorations on the spines (a coat of arms, crossed swords, and roses), spines lettered in gilt..... More
London: Herbert Jenkins (1969), 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 11-256 pp. Red paper boards with silver lettering on the spine. Maps printed on the endpapers and pastedowns. Publisher's price sticker of £2.25 on the front flap of the dust jacket (the original price clipped away). Jacket design by A.E...... More
New York: The Viking Press (1939), 1939. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 3-619, [3] pp. Publisher's buckram with decorations in brown on the boards and spine, brown lettering on the spine; yellow topstain. Decorative endpapers and pastedowns printed with a section of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". Price of..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [13], 7-309, [3] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $24.95 on the front flap of the jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Adapted into an Academy Award winning film by the Coen brothers. A lovely..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. First American edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. [8], 4-213, [5] pp. Black paper boards with red lettering on the spine. Price of $22.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel. A blindstamp on the free front endpaper..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company [1993], 1993. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 3-230 pp. Quarter black paper over grey paper boards with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $18.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], 1-436, [6] pp. Quarter blue paper over cream paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $25.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Translated from the Japanese by Philip..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 4-386, [4] pp. Decorated paper boards printed in red, blue, white, black, with white lettering and maps printed on the boards. Endpapers and pastedowns each a different color. Maps printed on the half-title page. Price of $25.95 on..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], ix-xvii, [5], 5-233, [3] pp. Red paper boards with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $25.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A decorated half-title and title page. Translated from the Japanese by Ted Goossen..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], 5-311, [3] pp. Quarter brown cloth over tan paper boards with silver lettering on the front board and gold lettering on the spine. Price of $9.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Minor toning to the boards'..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster [1984], 1984. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 11-234, [4] pp. Quarter black cloth over black paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Tan endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $13.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin, the photograph..... More
New York: Illustrated Modern Library [1946], 1946. Later edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-xxiii, [4], 4-391, [1] pp. Quarter red cloth over decorated paper boards, gold lettering and a gold border on the spine. Acetate jacket sleeve printed in black. Illustrated with several color plates and a few in-text black and..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 3-212, [4] pp. Blue paper boards with red decorations on the front board and spine, red and blue lettering blocked in purple and white on the front board and white. Price of $2.95 net on the front flap..... More
London: A. & C. Black, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. [4], v-xxvi, [2], 1-325, [5] pp. Half contemporary brown morocco over decorative paper boards with the spine in six compartments, gilt lettering and decorations on the spine; top edge gilt. Decorative endpapers and pastedowns. A yellow ribbon bookmark bound..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1884. Twenty-second edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], 5-357, [1] pp. Green cloth over beveled-edge boards with Thoreau's signature stamped in gilt on the front board, gilt lettering on the spine; top edge gilt. Black coated endpapers and pastedowns. A small in-text illustration on the title page..... More
Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. First edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [3], iv-vi, [1], 8-329, [1], [6] (pages of publisher's advertisements) [2]; [3], iv-v, [2], 6-370, [2] pp. Brown publisher's cloth with decorations in blind on the boards, gilt lettering on the spines. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1861. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [6], viii, [1], 10-530, [10] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Green textured publisher's cloth with a decoration in blind on each board, gold lettering on the spine. Yellow coated endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated..... More