Wild Apples, first printing in The Atlantic Monthly, November 1862 issue

FIRST PRINTING OF THOREAU'S HISTORY OF THE APPLE TREE, EMERSON ON EMANCIPATION OF THE SLAVES, AND WHITE ON EMANCIPATION OF RUSSIA'S SERFS.

6 1/4 X 10 inches single issue of periodical in printed brown paper wraps, pp 513-648, 2 leaves publisher's advertisements; Wild Apples pages 513-526. Also included are The Development and Overthrow of the Russian Serf-System [Edict Emancipation of Russia] (by Andrew Dickson White, pages 538-552) and The President's Proclamation [Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation] (by Ralph Waldo Emerson, pages 638-642). Light soiling to covers, wear bottom of spine, pages crisp and unmarked with scattered light foxing, binding tight, very good in custom archival mylar cover.

Wild Apples is a reflective exploration of the apple tree and its significance, combining elements of natural history, philosophy, and botany, focusing on the wild apple's cultural and ecological importance. Thoreau intertwines his appreciation for the wild apple with commentary on human cultivation and the subtleties of nature, thus creating a celebration of the natural world. He reflects on the beauty, flavors, and fragrances of wild apples while illustrating their connection to rural life and folklore. Through rich descriptive language, he evokes the sensory experiences of encountering wild apples, emphasizing their unique character and the joy of foraging. Thoreau also addresses the decline of these wild trees, lamenting the loss of traditional practices and the increasing preference for cultivated varieties, thus calling attention to the broader implications of human activity on nature.

HENRY DAVID THOREAU (1817-1862), the naturalist, philosopher, and author of such classics as Walden and Civil Disobedience, contributed a number of writings to The Atlantic in its early years. As noted in the Preface to The Atlantic Index, A List of Articles, With Names of Authors Appended, Published in The Atlantic Monthly From Its Establishment in 1857 to the Close of the Sixty-Second Volume in 1888 (Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York, 1889), The articles, at first, were not signed, the publishers did not publicly announce them, and the table of contents accompanying each volume did not contain the names of authors annexed to their several contributions. This last practice was begun in the ninth volume, and at several contributions. This last practice was begun in the ninth volume, and at the beginning of the twenty-sixth the present custom was adopted of signing each article with the author's name.

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Publisher: Ticknor and Fields

Year: 1862

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

First Edition

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