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The Writings of John Burroughs

by Burroughs, John

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Houghton Mifflin, 1904. Cloth. Very Good. (Riverby Edition) Set of 17 volumes, quality blue cloth books, gilt lettering on spine with borders bright, top-edge gilt, end papers lightly browned, very slight wear to tips, tissue-covered frontispiece photographs. I: Wake-Robin--"an invitation to the study of ornithology." 252 pages. II: Winter Sunshine, frontispiece of an English lane, about seasons in England, 262 pages. III: Buds and Poets with Other Papers, frontispiece in beautiful color of barn swallow. Page 61 has tear at bottom but all text readable. IV: Locusts and Honey, with frontispiece of Burroughs on grass with dog, 256 pages, final pages uncut. Volume V: Pepacton, frontispiece of vase, 264 pages. VI: Fresh Fields, with frontispiece of forest lake, 310 pages. VII: Signs and Seasons, frontispiece of flycatcher, 290 pages. VIII: Indoor Studies--essays on Thoreau, Arnold, Carlyle, Dr. Johnson, Gilbert White, 288 pages. IX: Riverby, with frontispiece of manor house, essays on marsh hawk, chipmunk, apple tree and more, 355 pages, final pages uncut. Volume X: Whitman--a Study, with frontispiece of Whitman at age 44, 300 pages. XI: The Light of Day, with frontispiece photo portrait of Burroughs, 249 pages. XII: Literary Values and Other Papers, with frontispiece of Burroughs at Slabsides, 255 pages, final pages uncut. XIII Far and Near, frontispiece of Burroughs in his study, 288 pages. XIV: Ways of Nature--Burroughs birdwatching in frontispiece, 280 pages. XV: Leaf and Tendril, with frontispiece photo portrait, 289 pages. XVI: Time and Change, frontispiece of Burroughs reading, 279 pages. Essays on Yosemite, Scientific Faith and Hawaii among others. Volume XVII: Literary Values, with frontispiece of Burroughs at Woodchuck Lodge, 298 pages. Very Good set.

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Bookseller
Callaghan Books South US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
45804
Title
The Writings of John Burroughs
Author
Burroughs, John
Format/Binding
Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
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Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Date Published
1904
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