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Long Island, NY: NY Forest Hills, Long Island. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1950. Limited Edition. Paperback. Blue greay cover with black print. Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian. A leading transcendentalist,[2] Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Resistance to Civil Government (also known as Civil Disobedience), an argument for disobedience to an unjust state. Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry total over 20 volumes. Book now in archival sleeve to protect condition. Scarce in this condition.; Oblong Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall .

Concord, MA: Concord Antiquarian Society, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Two books: The first Wheeler's Concord: Climate for Freedom. An association copy, inscribed at the top of the first blank in a blue pen: "To Leonard Kleinfeld, my generous host in Nassau and an envied bibliophile, Ruth R Wheeler." Blue cloth with map endpapers and illustrations and photographs in black and white throughout. Although this book takes a sweeping look at Concord's history, the last 45-page chapter is devoted to "the American Renaissance" led by Thoreau, Emerson, and others.   Together with Kleinfield's Henry David Thoreau: Chronology.  Forest Hills, Long Island, 1950; presumably self-published. A limited edition of 1000 copies, an oblong quarto in green wraps. Inscribed on the title page: "March 30, 1951, To Joan Griscom--'Rather than fame, than fortune, than honor--give me truth.' Thoreau. Sincerely, Leonard F. Kleinfeld." Uncommon signed. It consists of a handsome and quite useful… Read More