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The Writings of John Burroughs
by Burroughs, John
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No jacket, as issued.
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Printer: Riverside Press.
Individual title(s): Vol. I. Wake-Robin (251 p.), Vol. II. Winter Sunshine (261 p.), Vol. III. Birds and Poets (269 p.), Vol. IV. Locusts and Wild Honey (255 p.), Vol. V. Pepacton (263 p.), Vol. VI. Fresh Fields (309 p.), Vol. VII. Signs and Seasons (289 p.), Vol. VIII. Indoor Studies (287 p.), Vol. IX. Riverby (354 p.), Vol. X. Whitman (299 p.), Vol. XI. The Light of Day (248 p.), Vol. XII. Literary Values (205 p.), Vol. XIII. Far and Near (287 p.), Vol. XIV. Ways of Nature (279 p.), Vol. XV. Leaf and Tendril (288 p.), XVI. Time and Change (278 p.), XVII. The Summit of the Years (297 p.).
About this item: 4, 259 Pp. total. 8vo. Consecutive volumes, I-XVIII of XXIII, the Riverby Edition, an ongoing publication of Burroughs' writings was completed in 1923 with a total of 23 volumes. 3/4 forest green leather hardcovers, gilt title and ornate tooled foliate design on spine covers, matched marble paper covered boards and endpapers, gilt upper leaves with deckled edges surround, frontispiece engravings with various facsimile signatures of author and illustrators, monochrome and color plates in each volume.
Dimensions: 1 (19.75 overall) W x 5.25 D x 7.75 H inches.
About the author: John Burroughs (April 3, 1837 – March 29, 1921) was an American naturalist and nature essayist, active in the U.S. conservation movement. The first of his essay collections was Wake-Robin (Volume I) in 1871.
In the words of his biographer Edward Renehan, Burroughs' special identity was less that of a scientific naturalist than that of "a literary naturalist with a duty to record his own unique perceptions of the natural world." He lived and wrote after the manner of Henry David Thoreau, studying and celebrating nature. The result was a body of work whose resonance with the tone of its cultural moment explains both its popularity at that time, and it's relative obscurity since.
CONDITION NOTES: Very good; tight square bindings, sporadic wear at extremities (e.g. rubbed areas of spine crown/heel, board edges and corner tips, clean light age-toned text pages. An attractive set.
Individual title(s): Vol. I. Wake-Robin (251 p.), Vol. II. Winter Sunshine (261 p.), Vol. III. Birds and Poets (269 p.), Vol. IV. Locusts and Wild Honey (255 p.), Vol. V. Pepacton (263 p.), Vol. VI. Fresh Fields (309 p.), Vol. VII. Signs and Seasons (289 p.), Vol. VIII. Indoor Studies (287 p.), Vol. IX. Riverby (354 p.), Vol. X. Whitman (299 p.), Vol. XI. The Light of Day (248 p.), Vol. XII. Literary Values (205 p.), Vol. XIII. Far and Near (287 p.), Vol. XIV. Ways of Nature (279 p.), Vol. XV. Leaf and Tendril (288 p.), XVI. Time and Change (278 p.), XVII. The Summit of the Years (297 p.).
About this item: 4, 259 Pp. total. 8vo. Consecutive volumes, I-XVIII of XXIII, the Riverby Edition, an ongoing publication of Burroughs' writings was completed in 1923 with a total of 23 volumes. 3/4 forest green leather hardcovers, gilt title and ornate tooled foliate design on spine covers, matched marble paper covered boards and endpapers, gilt upper leaves with deckled edges surround, frontispiece engravings with various facsimile signatures of author and illustrators, monochrome and color plates in each volume.
Dimensions: 1 (19.75 overall) W x 5.25 D x 7.75 H inches.
About the author: John Burroughs (April 3, 1837 – March 29, 1921) was an American naturalist and nature essayist, active in the U.S. conservation movement. The first of his essay collections was Wake-Robin (Volume I) in 1871.
In the words of his biographer Edward Renehan, Burroughs' special identity was less that of a scientific naturalist than that of "a literary naturalist with a duty to record his own unique perceptions of the natural world." He lived and wrote after the manner of Henry David Thoreau, studying and celebrating nature. The result was a body of work whose resonance with the tone of its cultural moment explains both its popularity at that time, and it's relative obscurity since.
CONDITION NOTES: Very good; tight square bindings, sporadic wear at extremities (e.g. rubbed areas of spine crown/heel, board edges and corner tips, clean light age-toned text pages. An attractive set.
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- Bookseller
- De Coux and Associates Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1311
- Title
- The Writings of John Burroughs
- Author
- Burroughs, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket, as issued.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Riverby Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1904
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Size
- 8vo
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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