Publisher's maroon heavy bevelled cloth boards, titled in gilt to spine. Strong and solid, shows very well. A substantial piece of book production. Internally clean, dark green coated endpapers. A sensitive and scholarly biography of Thoreau from Salt, an English renaissance man known for his espousal of vegetarianism, campaigning for education and prison reform, devotion to animal rights, and for being the person who introduced Thoreau's beliefs and writings to Mohandas Ghandi,at least partially influencing his philosophies regarding vegetarianism and pacifism.
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