Henry David Thoreau. CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE. Boston: David R. Godine, 1969. No. 36 of 50 copies numbered and bound by hand (of 650 total printed at The Gehenna Press). Hardcover. Quarter bound with paper marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine. 8vo; [viii], 30pp. plus notes and limitation statement.

5 3/4 x 9 1/8 in.

Private Collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

The Gehenna Press was an important and esteemed small press in Northampton, Massachusetts started by artist Leonard Baskin in the mid 20th century.

Tips rubbed with slight loss to paper, spine lettering mildly worn; slight darkening from binder's glue on paste-down endpaper, minimal foxing and staining on front free endpapers; a near fine copy of this rare book.