The Maine woods
By: by Henry D. Thoreau, author of "A week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers," "Walden," "Excursions," etc., etc
Contributors: Thoreau, Sophia E., editor; Channing, William Ellery, 1817-1901, editor
Edition: [First edition].
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Maps and Travel Literature; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Maps and Travel Literature
Publisher: Ticknor and Fields.
Published: 1864
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
Subjects: Description and travel
Notes: Edited by Sophia E. Thoreau and William Ellery Channing.

First edition, distinguished by absence of edition statement on title verso, and inclusion of prices in the list of "Mr. Thoreau's writings" facing the title. The second printing has "Second edition" on the title verso, and omits prices in the list. See BAL, which cautions that some copies of the second printing have been seen with the edition statement scraped off.

Title page vignette (publisher's device).

"Mr. Thoreau's writings" (priced list of author's work)--facing title page; all 1.25 except A week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, 1.50.

"Cambridge: Stereotyped and printed by Welch, Bigelow, & Co."--Colophon, page 328.

Ads at front contain prive for "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers "; inserted ads dated April, 1864.

Reproduction of the original from the Bryn Mawr College Library.
Table of contents: title: Ktaadn --; title: Chesuncook --; title: The Allegash and East Branch ---- Appendix (Trees. Flowers and shrubs. List of plants. List of birds. Quadrupeds. Outfit for an excursion. A list of Indian words).