The Summit of the Years: The Writings of John Burroughs V17 (LARGE PRINT EDITION) by John Burroughs - 2011-02-01

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The Riverside Press. Top-Edge gilt. Green boards, gilt letters. Short non-author gift inscription in light pencil with date of "Xmas 1915" on the front-free endpaper, corne rs slightly scuffed, and spine with splotches of a lighter color..

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. 1913. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear; Writings of John Burroughs; B&W Illustrations .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. frontispiece. 16mo, 297pages, green cloth, t.e.g., inked names [BAL 2186]. Newly collected essays. "I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see - Preface."

Boston & New York: Houghton and Mifflin / Riverside Press. Very Good. 1913. Hardcover. viii, [1], 297, [1] pp. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering and Burroghs signature on the cover. Frontispiece is a photograph of the author. Ends and corner tips worn lightly. "John Burroughs [1837-1921] was the most important writer after Thoreau of the nature essay, according to the Library of Congress American Memory Project. A pioneer of the American conservation movement, he is often referred to as the Grand Old Man of Nature." ; 8vo .

Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1913 Frontis photo of Burroughs at Woodchuck Lodge, issue guard. Slight edgewear to blue covers. Pages are gilt-edged on top. 298 pages, indexed.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1913. Hardcover. Khaki cloth hardback is tightly bound with no marks. Contains frontice of Burroughs with tissue guard as well as several essays and Index. Upper edge is gilt with fore and bottom edges rough cut. Binding has gilt to front cover and spine. Very minor wear at edges. Digital photos available. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 297 pages .

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. Hardcover. Good. First edition. 298pp. Green ribbed cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. Page 195 creased, page 251 roughly opened on foredge, gutter cracked, bookplate and bookstore label on front endpapers, cloth stained, edges rubbed, a good only copy.

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The Riverside Press. The year 1913 appears on the Title Page under the publisher as well as on the Copyright Page. Frontispiece. Top-Edge gilt. Green boards, gilt letters. Letters on spine faded and corners, including the head/tail of the spine, are moderately scuffed, else, Good Condition with text clean and unmarked - the hardcover tightly bound.

Wm. H. Wise & Co, 1924. Hardcover. As new/poor. The Complete Writings of John Burroughs. Wake-Robin Edition. Vol XVI. NY: Wm. H. Wise & Co, 1924. 297pp., index, frontis. photographs. 8vo. Embossed dark dark green leatherette, upper edge gilt. As new looks unread hardcover, worn dust jacket.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1913. First printing. BAL 2186. The spine ends and bottom corner of the rear board are severely abraded. There is some foxing to the title page and frontispiece tissue guard from a former newspaper clipping. Otherwise fine. The dust jacket is missing the bottom 1" of the rear panel. Chipped at the spine ends. The price, $1.15, is present on the spine. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.