Henry David Thoreau

American poet, essayist, philosopher, naturalist and pacifist Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) is perhaps best known for Walden, or Life in the Woods written during his stay on Ralph Waldo Emerson’s property outside Concord, MA. Among his other well-known works are Civil Disobedience and The Maine Woods.



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Where the Pressed Earth Shines Most
Henry David Thoreau

2024 / Essays / $30.00
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This letterpress book reprints a short excerpt from Henry David Thoreau’s 1849 book A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. This passage considers human nature and how we “do not fail commonly for want of knowledge, but for want of prudence to give wisdom the preference.” This is item number 7 in the ‘Henry’ series.

This book was typeset in Linotype Juliana and foundry Samson Uncial and printed letterpress on vintage Zerkall mouldmade paper in four colours. Bound with a three-hole stitch in a black end sheet, a black paper cover and an orange Zerkall Ingres mouldmade paper wrapper printed in three colours. Small octavo format. Limited edition of 115 copies.



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