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The Illustrated WALDEN with Photographs from the Gleason Collection
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
The Illustrated WALDEN with Photographs from the Gleason Collection
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Henry David Thoreau
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Edited by J. Lyndon Shanley
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Series | Writings of Henry D. Thoreau |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:456 | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152 |
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Category/Genre | Photographs: collections Western philosophy - c 1600 to c 1900 |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780691618227
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Classifications | Dewey:818.303 |
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Audience | Tertiary Education (US: College) | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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Publication Date |
8 March 2015 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
This illustrated edition of Walden features 66 photographs by Herbert W. Gleason, one of the great American landscape photographers of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Gleason, who had a special love for what he called "the simple beauty of New England," became interested in Thoreau's work when commissioned in 1906 by the Houghton Miffli
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