The Best Use and the Best Form of Books

Name/Title

The Best Use and the Best Form of Books

Entry/Object ID

2026.2.6

Description

The text consists of two excerpts - one from Henry David Thoreau and the other from Frederic W. Goudy. It discusses both the physical object of a book and the intellectual exercise of reading it.

Collection

A. R. Tommasini

Dimensions

Height

11 in

Width

8-1/2 in

Parts

Pamphlet

Book Details

Author

Henry David Thoreau, Frederic W. Goudy

Printer

A. R. Tommasini

Place Printed

City

San Francisco

Region

Bay Area

State/Province

California

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Binding

Binding Type

Folded

Notes

'Walden' was published in Boston in 1854 by Ticknor and Fields. 'Typologia' was published by the University of California Press in 1940.