Thoreau, Henry David — Walden, or Life in the Woods

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library, 1981. Leather bound. Green leather/boards with gilt decoration all around. Gilt lettering and 3 raised bands on spine. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers with matching satin place-holder ribbon. No dust jacket, as issued. 411 pp. with bw illustrations by Arthur Shilstone. From the series, The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature, a limited edition collection published under the auspices of The American Revolution Bicentennial Administration by The Franklin Library. Fine. Clean, tight, unread copy. Slight fading to edges of moire end papers, common in these editions.