Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1888. Hard Cover. Very Good+. Octavo. 439pp, 14pp. undated catalog at rear. Edited by H.G.O. Blake. Bound in green cloth over beveled boards centrally stamped with author's name in gilt, spine lettering gilt, black endpapers, top edge gilt. Only minor wear to corners and spine ends; internally clean. A very good+ copy. The author's third book of his season's. Autumn followed in 1892.

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Bookseller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4037
Title: WINTER: FROM THE JOURNAL OF HENRY D. THOREAU
Author: Thoreau, Henry D
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Place of Publication: Boston & New York
Date Published: 1888

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Beveled: Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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....
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...