Chatting Books Online Day 76. Simply put today's recommended book is the prettiest book I have ever seen. The Illustrated Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau. Sometime ago I found myself looking for a nice copy of Walden for us to stock in the store. I ordered several editions called "The Illustrated Walden" that had very few actual illustrations in them and then one day this one arrived and I fell in love.
Every page is designed to look like it is written in the inside of a split log with the words on the pulp and the bark showing at the outside edge of every page. Every few pages a quote is highlighted in a leaf mid page and the entire book is interspersed with both black and white sketches and beautiful full color impressionist style pictures of life in the woods. And of course the words are Thoreau's classic American ode to self-reliance and simplicity that is Walden. A joy to both read and just to look at.
This edition is hardcover with a dustjacket. 297 pages . selling for 19.95 per copy.
