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1865 Henry David Thoreau 1ed Letters Transcendentalism Philosophy R.W. Emerson

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1865 Henry David Thoreau 1ed Letters Transcendentalism Philosophy R.W. Emerson

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1865 Henry David Thoreau 1ed Letters Transcendentalism Philosophy R.W. Emerson

â€œI went to the woods because I wished to live deliberatelyâ€¦”

--Henry David Thoreau

â€œLetters to Various Persons” is Thoreaus sixth book and the fourth to be published posthumously. It is a collection of Thoreaus letters to his friends. As Emerson notes in his preface, " the letters have been printed directly from the original autographs furnished by the persons to whom they were addressed" and clarifies that "the letters have been printed as they stood, with very few verbal corrections." â€œLetters” also contains nine poems, including:

Sympathy

Mountains

Smoke

Smoke in Winter

Haze

Among others

This 1865 first edition was edited by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Item number: #23472

Price: $750

THOREAU, Henry David

Letters to various persons

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. First Edition

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

[8], 229, [1]

References: BAL 20116

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure

Cloth

Size: ~7.25in X 5in (18.5cm x 12.5cm)

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