The Breath of Life
by Burroughs, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presumed first edition. 8vo. Cloth. 294 p. Index. Frontispiece photograph of a bust of the author. John Burroughs was an American naturalist and essayist who was instrumental in the development of the American conservation movement. He was second only to Thoreau in the fine craft of the nature essay. In his preface he writes "As life nears its end with me, I find myself meditating more and more upon the mystery of its nature and origin, yet without the least hope that I can find out the ways of the Eternal in this or in any other world." Moderate edgewear. Very good..
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- Bookseller
- Rose's Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LL-b927-03
- Title
- The Breath of Life
- Author
- Burroughs, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1915
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- NATURALISTS NATURE CONSERVATION
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About the Seller
Rose's Books, IOBA
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts
About Rose's Books, IOBA
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