MEN OF CONCORD
- SIGNED
- Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1936
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1936. Fine in very good plus jacket.. First edition, signed and dated in the year of publication by Wyeth, a great copy - not often found signed. Wyeth was a long-time admirer of Thoreau, leading him to develop this book containing selected entries from Thoreau's journal. A brilliantly executed homage. 9.25'' x 6.25''. Original green cloth stamped in blue and silver. In original dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by Wyeth with 10 color plates; 24 pen-and-ink drawings attributed to N.C. Wyeth (but actually done by Andrew Wyeth under his father's supervision). Index at rear. xii, 255, [1] pages. Signed by N.C. Wyeth on title page, and dated "'36." Small erasure mark on endpaper else fine. Jacket with small tape repairs around folds and head of spine, slightly toned spine, very light rubbing to edges.
Details
Title
MEN OF CONCORD
Author
Thoreau, Henry David; Wyeth, N.C.
Condition
Very Good
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin: Boston
Date
1936