Thoreau's Walden, a photographic register / by Henry Bugbee Kane, with an introduction by Brooks Atkinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kane, Henry B. (Henry Bugbee), 1902-1971.

Contributor:

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.

Dwiggins, W. A. (William Addison), 1880-1956, binding designer.

Kane, Henry B. (Henry Bugbee), 1902-1971, photographer.

Hendrickson, James, typographer.

Plimpton Press, printer, binder.

Walker Engraving Company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. Walden.

Thoreau, Henry David.

Physical Description:

x, 169 pages, 1 leaf : including frontispiece, illustrations ; 26 x 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : A. A. Knopf, 1946.

Notes:

Map on lining-papers.

The illustrations are accompanied by extracts from the text of Walden.

"First edition."

"A Borzoi book."

"This book has been printed and bound by the Plimpton Press, Norwood, Massachusetts. The half-tone printing plates were made by Walker Engraving Company, New York. The end-paper map, the drawing of Thoreau, the photographs, and the general plan of the book are by Mr. Kane. The binding scheme is based on original designs by W.A. Dwiggins. The typography of the book is by James Hendrickson"--colophon.

Related Work:

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. Walden.

OCLC:

1524874