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First Edition. First Edition. octavo, plain paper wrappers with printed paper label on front wrapper. (x), 291 pp. Middlebury College Press, "Educator, author, philologian, and bibliophile, Julian W. Abernethy bequeathed Middlebury his legacy, his library of over 5,000 volumes, which remain in the College's collection to this day. Born in New Haven, Vermont January 23, 1853, Abernethy graduated from Middlebury in 1876 and went on to earn a PhD in Anglo-Saxon and English Literature at Yale University. His passion for literature and education guided his commitment to teaching and contributing to the study of literature, earning him a Doctor of Letters. A champion of coeducation, he served as principal of the Berkeley Institute in Brooklyn, New York, a school for the education of young ladies and published extensively on the importance of education for both sexes." Very fine. octavo, plain paper wrappers with printed paper label on front wrapper.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Tan paper over boards, map end papers, 91 pages, 9 in. tall. Dust jacket and front cover show an Edward Sanborn illustration of Henry Thoreau's cabin near Concord, Massachusetts and Walden Pond. Includes an essay "The Nature Mysticism of Thoreau"; letters written by Thoreau and held by the Abernethy Library of Middlebury College; list of items by and about Thoreau in the Abernethy Library. Clean and unworn dust jacket shows some brown tone. Fine in a very good dust jacket.…