The Writings of John Burroughs
by Burroughs, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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About This Item
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45804
- Title
- The Writings of John Burroughs
- Author
- Burroughs, John
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- Set Nature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature; Set;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Callaghan Books South
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About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
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