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"cape cod" by henry david thoreau houghton mifflin, boston - first thus illustrated edition - this is the illustrated edition of thoreau's classic work with wonderful, small color drawings by amelia mour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe covers of these two volumes represent a fine example of the decorative book cover work performed by sarah wyman whitman - 173p, 208p, 18cmx15cm - condition: very good set this is a very handsome and highly collectable set of one of thoreau's most enjoyable worksplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablewatson in the margins scattered throughout the text of both volumes
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thoreau was a faithful, lifelong journal-keeper, and walden is an artful reworking of journal entries from his time in the woodsit is the undated, but in reality , edition of the first english edition printed by the same company walter scottgreen cloth covered boards with git text and decoration to front, and gilt text to spinethoreau's idea was that one's true self could be lost amid the distractions of ordinary lifeshelf wear to top and bottom edges of spineshelf wear to edgesoxfam bookshop newport an account of the two years during which the author built his own cabin, raised his own food, and lived a life of simplicity in the woods near concord, massachusettscontains an introductory note by will hneatly inked name, initials and date to front endpaper2c in the raymond borst bibliographysee oxfam website for delivery information read morevarious scuffs and marks to boardsfoxing and discolouration to endpapershe retreated from nonessentials to explore what remained as the core of human identity, assuming that human identity is not based on one's profession or possessions or social connectionsthis is a scarce volume: it is item a2foxing to edges of, and sporadically within, text block, which is otherwise clean and tight and lightly but evenly tanned
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thoreau lived such a life on walden pondi like to imagine living in just such splendid isolation in a setting of my own choice in a secluded a peaceful retreatthis simple cabin provides everything a man needs to sustain a rewarding life
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As alcott drew on her real-life sisters in shaping the characters of her little women, so brooks turned to the journals and letters of bronson alcott, louisa may's father, an idealistic educator, animal rights exponent and abolitionist who was a friend and confidante of ralph waldo emerson and henry david thoreaulike her bestselling 'year of wonders', 'march' follows an unconventional love storyin brooks's telling, march emerges as an abolitionist and idealistic chaplain on the front lines of a war that tests his faith in himself and in the union cause when he learns that his side, too, is capable of barbarism and racismit explores the passions between a man and a woman, the tenderness of parent and child, and the life-changing power of an ardently held beliefsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom the author of the acclaimed 'year of wonders' and 'people of the book', a historical novel and love story set during a time of catastrophe on the front lines of the american civil warset during the american civil war, 'march' tells the story of john march, known to us as the father away from his family of girls in 'little women', louisa may alcott's classic american novelthe story spans the vibrant intellectual world of concord and the sensuous antebellum south, through to the first year of the civil war as the north reels under a series of unexpected defeatsoxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the pulitzer prize for fiction and richard and judy pickas he recovers from a near-fatal illness in a washington hospital, he must reassemble the shards of his shattered mind and body, and find a way to reconnect with a wife and daughters who have no idea of the ordeals he has been through
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Birds appear again and again in mythology and folk tales, and in literature by writers as diverse as ovid, thomas hardy, kafka, thoreau and twhether as the christian dove, or quetzalcoatl the aztec plumed serpent or in plato s vision of the human soul growing wings and feathers, religion and philosophy have looked to birds as representatives of our better selves that part of us not bound to the earthhe went into the garden to listen more closely, and when he returned, after what he thought were only a few minutes, he discovered that a century had gone by, that his fellow monks were dead and his ink had turned to dustwith the passion of a birdwatcher and hoarder of words, gibson has spent fifteen years collecting the literary and artistic forms our affinity for birds has taken over the centuriesthey've been omens, allegories, disguises and guides; they've been worshipped, eaten, feared and lovedas divine messengers, symbols of our yearning for the heavens, or avatars of glorious song and colour, they have stirred our imaginations from the moment we first looked into the skygorgeously illustrated, woven from centuries of human response to the delights of the feathered tribes, the bedside book of birds is for anyone who is aware of birds, and for everyone who is intrigued by the artistic forms that humanity has created to represent its soulsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebirds have ever been the symbols of our highest aspirationsfrom the book: "stevenson remembered the story of a monk who had been distracted from his copy-work by the song of a birdbirds figure charmingly and tellingly in the work of such nature writers as gilbert white, peter matthiessen, farley mowat and barry lopezthe song of the bird had given him a taste of paradise, where an instant is as a hundred years of earthly timewas the same true of time in hell, stevenson asked himselfoxfam bookshop knutsford in this stunning assemblage of words and images, novelist and avid birdwatcher graeme gibson has crafted an extraordinary tribute to the venerable relationship between humans and birdsnor does gibson forget the fascination they hold for science, as the galapagos finches did for darwin
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The sixth edition offers the work of 242 writers-30 newly included-representing the extraordinary wealth and diversity of american literaturepackage to the present," contains three slipcased volumes: '', 'between the wars ' and 'literature since 'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreinformative introductions, headnotes, footnotes, and bibliographies accompany the textsamong the many major works included in their entirety are hawthorne's the scarlet letter, thoreau's walden, douglass's narrative of the life of frederick douglass, an american slave, clemens's huckleberry finn, chopin's the awakening, faulkner's as i lay dying, williams's a streetcar named desire, larsen's quicksand, ginsberg's "howl," mamet's glengarry glen ross, and parks's the america playoxfam shop bishop's stortford the norton anthology of american literature is the classic survey of american literature from its sixteenth-century origins to its flourishing present
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Victor hugo's romances some aspects of robert burns walt whitman henry thoreauyoshida-torajiro francois villon charles of orleans samuel pepys john knoxsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebrown boards with linen spineoxfam bookshop trurorough cut edition with gildingdust jacket chipped and dark along the spine
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