Winter Sunshine
by Burroughs, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
-
Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin. Very Good-. 1892. Hardcover. John Burroughs (1837-1921) was an American nature essayist and early conservationist. This is a later printing--the first was in 1875. Olive green spine with gilt spine lettering over green decorated covers. The top edge is gilt. The top & bottom of the spine are frayed, and there is some general smudging to the covers and wear to the corner tips, else a clean, tight and unmarked book. ; Frontis Illustration; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 255 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 516
- Title
- Winter Sunshine
- Author
- Burroughs, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- Nature, Animals, Natural History
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peninsula Books
Biblio member since 2023
Traverse City, Michigan
About Peninsula Books
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Glossary
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....