The Works of Henry David Thoreau (1942)

A handsome 1942 edition of The Works of Henry David Thoreau, published by Black’s Readers Service, Roslyn, New York. This mid-century volume is bound in full textured tan boards with gilt floral decoration to the spine and a red title label. The front cover bears the author’s name elegantly stamped in gilt within a single-line gilt border.

The volume opens with a biographical sketch by Ralph Waldo Emerson and includes Walden in its entirety, along with an introduction by Gordon S. Haight. The pages are clean and bright with light toning consistent with age, and the patterned endpapers feature a repeating red floral design. Gilt top edges. Attached red silk ribbon page marker. 

Binding tight and square. Gilt and red spine label bright. Endpapers clean.

A thoughtfully designed and finely printed edition celebrating Thoreau’s reflections on solitude, nature, and the human spirit—a timeless work of American transcendentalism.

Condition: Very Good+

Size: 7/2” x 5 1/2” inches

A classic mid-century presentation of Thoreau’s enduring work—graceful in form and deeply resonant in content.