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Quarto. Condizione: Very Good. First edition thus. Quarto, 290 pages, cloth, clothbacked boards (rubbed), no glassine dj, worn publ's slipcase, inked name of . Laird on free endpaper, short tear at head of spine, waxy stain at heel of slipcase, Copy no. 507 of 1500 copies signed by Steichen, whose photos of Walden Pond beautify the book. {Borst A2.26]. Introduction by Henry Seidel Canby. Printed at the Merrymount Press. [ Borst A.2.26]. E.B. White said of WALDEN, " It still seems to me the best youth's companion yet written by an American,for it carries a solemn warning against the loss of one's valuables, it advances a good argument for traveling light and trying new adventures, it rings with the power of positive adoration, it contains religious feeling without religious images, and it steadfastly refuses to record bad news" - Downs, FAMOUS AMERICAN BOOKS, 17." [ BOOKS FOR BELIEVERS 35 Books That Every Catholic Ought to Read, 15 ]. Edward Steichen photographs (illustratore).…