The Writings of John Burroughs
by Burroughs, John (Illustrations by Louis Agassiz Fuertes.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1905 - 1908. (Hardcover set) Very good plus. 15 volumes. 3 / 4 green leather over marbled boards with gilt floral decoration on the spines. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, each volume with frontispiece and plates with sepia photographs and illustrations and with captioned tissueguards. Published over several years. There is minimal wear to the edges of the marbled boards and the spines of all the volumes (save the last) are faded to a golden tone. Illustrations by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Vol. 1 Wake-Robin. Vol. 2 Winter Sunshine. Vol. 3 Birds and Poets. Vol. 4 Locusts and Wild Honey. Vol. 5 Pepacton. Vol. 6 Fresh Fields. Vol. 7 Signs and Seasons. Vol. 8 Indoor Studies. Vol. 9 Riverby. Vol.10 Whitman. Vol.12 Literary Values. Vol.11 The Light of Day. Vol.13 Far and Near. Vol.14 Ways of Nature. Vol.15 Leaf and Tendril. (Natural History).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 131907
- Title
- The Writings of John Burroughs
- Author
- Burroughs, John (Illustrations by Louis Agassiz Fuertes.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Keywords
- Natural History, Collectible
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature and Environment;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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About the Seller
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
Biblio member since 2003
Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...