Wake-Robin

First edition, first issue binding (binding A). VG+. Small octavo (6¾x4½ inches). Pp. iv, 231. Title printed in black and red. Publisher's green beveled cloth decoratively stamped in black and gold, yellow coated ends.This collection of essays on bird was Burroughs's second book, his first book of writings on nature and natural history. Burroughs was the prominent 19th century American… Read more about this item

New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1871. Worn first edition (1871) of this noted American naturalist's first book. Attractive Victorian binding in emerald green cloth over beveled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt and black, 231 pages. Covers rubbed and lightly soiled with rubthrough and fraying to the corners and spine ends, especially the front corners, good hinges, sound… Read more about this item

Boston and New York / Cambridge: Houghton, Mifflin and Company / Riverside Press, 1902. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Signed. Signed and inscribed by Burroughs (August 1903) to Addie Johnson (nee Barrus) on front blank endpapge - Clara Barrus was a longtime lover of Burroughs and this is a family member, likely a sister. Green cloth cover intact with… Read more about this item

New York (and Cambridge, MA): Hurd and Houghton (and Riverside Press), 1871. Cloth. Very Good. INSCRIBED BY JOHN BURROUGHS IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1871 1st edition of the author's 2nd published book. Solid and VG in its chocolate-brown cloth, with decorative gilt-titling and insignia along the front panel… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1892. early printing (1892); olive green c w/lighter green boards, dark green titles, moderate wear at extremities; top edge gilt; ownr's plate; 256 pages/index w.lite, old margina staining on last few pages. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12 Vo; 1 Pound.

New York: Published by Hurd and Houghton at the Riverside Press, 1871. First edition of the author's first commercially published book in BAL's binding A; the most elaborate of the three variant first edition bindings, of which there is no known priority. BAL 2135. Octavo, original publisher's cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel,… Read more about this item

New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1871. First edition. iv, [ii], 231pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green beveled cloth, block in black and gold. Fine. Bookplate of Estelle Doheny. Signed on p. 101 E W Mudge 8/14/71 ans stamped F.H. Mudge on half-title. In hal green morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition. iv, [ii], 231pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First Book.… Read more about this item

Boston And New York: Houghton, Mifflin. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1902. Hardcover. Original green cloth titled in gilt, TEG. Signed by Burroughs to the ffep in Dec, 1903. PO bookplate. Slight edgewear, trace soil. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 233 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1871 First edition, first issue binding (binding A). Burroughs' first regularly published book after a self-published essay on Whitman (1867). Small octavo (6¾x4½ inches). Pp. iv, 231. Title printed in black and red. Publisher's green beveled cloth decoratively stamped in black and gold, yellow coated ends. Original owner's name and date in pencil on front… Read more about this item

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. 0x0x0. Jacket edges taped. 1913 Hard Cover. xiv, 233 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction; The Return of the Birds; In the Hemlocks; The Adirondacks; Birds'-Nests; Spring at the Capital; Birth Browsings; The Bluebird; The Invitation; Index.

New York: Hurd and Houghton. Very Good-. 1877. Hardcover. Second Edition, corrected, enlarged, and illustrated. 256pp., brown pictorial cloth with gilt and black stamping. Covers are slightly scuffed with rubbed spine ends and cover corners. Contents are just slightly toned- otherwise, bright and complete. A Near Very Good copy. .

Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York: (1913)., 1913 pp. vi, 233 + Photo frontis. Uncut. Top edge gold. Inked ownership of Marion Fox Dippell. Front endpapers stained by old newspaper clipping. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, gold lettered. Hardbound. Nice copy. SET/W47 0.0. Hardcover.

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1884. Author's edition.. 32 mo. 312 pp. Elaborate gilt stamped spine and corners over decorated paper boards. Decorated endpaper. All edges gilt. Contemporary gift inscription. A small spot on spine, else a nice bright copy..

BiblioLife. FREE U.K. Shipping. FAMILY Business. FIRST Class Service. Full refund if not totally satisfied. 2008 Hardback edition. excellent condition. No dust jacket. . As New. Hardcover. 2008.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1900. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1871. Fourteenth printing, 1889. HC, no DJ. MV VG. Ex-lib w usual stamps/marks. Brown quarter cloth, green paper boards, gilt spine titling, dark green front lettering & illustration, gilt top, edgewear heaviest to spine tips & corners, B&W frontis w vellum, text clean, binding sound. Plate illustrations by Prof. Baird. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide… Read more about this item

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo. Cloth. 233 p. Index. Frontispiece photograph of the author. John Burroughs was an American naturalist and essayist who was instrumental in the development of the American conservation movement. He was second only to Thoreau in the fine craft… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913. This a reprint of the 1871 publication. Good copy. No jacket. In green cloth covers with the signature of the author in bright gilt on the front cover and bright gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Onion paper covered frontsipeice of John Burroughs. Square, intact binding. Cracked hinge at front advertisement page but binding is… Read more about this item

Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1909. Small brown cloth hardcover with bright top edge gilt and faded but still legible spine gilt lettering and decoration, 312 pages, plus many pages of ads for other books; very gently used, only very light shelf wear to cover corners, edges and spine ends, old waterstaining to front cover (none inside), tight… Read more about this item