A Yankee in Canada, With Anti-Slavery and Reform Papers
- [iv], 286 pp. 1 vols. 12mo
- Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. First edition. [iv], 286 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound in publisher's zigzag textured green cloth. Ex-libris of J.A. Perkins Jr., Montreal. Front inner hinge tender, light rubbing to spine ends. Very good. First edition. [iv], 286 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Includes the first appearance in a volume of Thoreau's writings of "Civil Disodedience," which, "through its impact on Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., the anti-Nazi movement in Europe in the 1940s, and anti-Vietnam War protesters in the 1970s, has had a wider political influence than any other American literary document" (ANB). BAL 20117; Borst A 7.1.a; Allen, 22-23; Downs, Books That Changed America 8
Details
Title
A Yankee in Canada, With Anti-Slavery and Reform Papers
Author
Thoreau, Henry David
Binding
[iv], 286 pp. 1 vols. 12mo
Condition
Good
Publisher
Ticknor and Fields: Boston
Date
1866
Edition
First edition