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Lot 1004

Henry David Thoreau, Manuscript Edition

Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000

Bid Increments

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$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1906, 20 volumes, Manuscript Edition, Number 405 of 600 numbered copies, signed by the publisher, with a manuscript leaf in Thoreau's hand tipped into Volume I, bound in elaborately gilt-decorated full leather with five raised bands, gilt decorated inner boards and moire endpapers, teg.

Condition

near fine with minor wear at the extremities, front boards of a few volumes are sensitive and show light wear, some wear to the heads of some volumes