CAPE COD
por HENRY DAVID THOREAU
- Usado
- fair
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Fair
- Livreiro
-
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
TICKNOR & FIELDS, January 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Dark green cloth, gilt legible. Chipping at the spine ends, long slit at the front gutter, 2' narrow chip at the rear gutter, front hinge blown, text block firm and only mildly toned.
Sinopse
Thoreau's classic account of his meditative, beach-combing walking trips to Cape Cod in the early 1850s, reflecting on the elemental forces of the sea Cape Cod chronicles Henry David Thoreau’s journey of discovery along this evocative stretch of Massachusetts coastline, during which time he came to understand the complex relationship between the sea and the shore. He spent his nights in lighthouses, in fishing huts, and on isolated farms. He passed his days wandering the beaches, where he observed the wide variety of life and death offered up by the ocean. Through these observations, Thoreau discovered that the only way to truly know the sea—its depth, its wildness, and the natural life it contained—was to study it from the shore. Like his most famous work, Walden , Cape Cod is full of Thoreau’s unique perceptions and precise descriptions. But it is also full of his own joy and wonder at having stumbled across a new frontier so close to home, where a man may stand and “put all America behind him.” Part of the Penguin Nature Library Series Editor: Edward Hoagland With an Introduction by Paul Theroux
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Dunaway Books
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 90895
- Título
- CAPE COD
- Autor
- HENRY DAVID THOREAU
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Fair
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First Edition
- Editorial
- TICKNOR & FIELDS
- Data de publicação
- January 1865
Termos da venda
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Glossário
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
