[publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company 1881-1892, Boston] Hardcover Octavo, 4 Volumes. In Good plus condition. Bound in green cloth with gilt text. Boards have rubbing to corners, bending and fraying to spine edges, and rubbing to edges. Text blocks have light age toning and light foxing to some pages. "Summer" and "Autumn" have bookplates on front pastedown. Shelved in Room A. CONTENTS: "Early Spring in Massachusetts" [i-viii], 1-318. "Summer" [i-ii], [i-vi], 1-318. "Autumn" [i-ii], [i]-vi, [1]-470. "Winter" [i-iv], [i]-vi, [1]-439, blank, [440], advertisements [1]-6. 1371737. Special Collections.
[Rockville, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1881]
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[publisher: Houghton, Mifflin, & Co, Boston and New York] Hardcover First Edition First Edition, Octavo, original green cloth over boards, beveled, gilt lettering and top edge. Collection of observations from Thoreau's diary on autumn in Massachusetts taken from 1841-59, and arranged by month rather than chronologically. Very good, spine ends bumped, front hinge starting to tear.
[East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1892]
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[publisher: Houghton Mifflin] Hardcover Ex library from Amesbury Public Library. Red cloth library binding with white lettering on the spine. Bar code sticker on front cover, spine and last blank page. States Riverside Edition on half title. No listing of other titles in the Riverside Edition on the facing page (as in a true Riverside Edition) but could have been left out in re-binding. So here is the rest of the story. A bookplate inside front cover of the library stating the book was received May 1901. Binding looks much newer than that. Title page shows date at bottom as MDCCCXCIX or 1899. We can find no other such copies or mention of this printing in the bibliography by Borst. The pages are nearly fine. No foxing or odor. 1/16" tear at fore edge of title page. Embossed library stamp on title page. Library pencil marks on title page. Apparently an unknown printing of this title. Any information appreciated.
[Blountville, TN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1899]

[publisher: Houghton Mifflin Early Spring in Massachusetts (1881), Summer (1884), Winter (1888) and Autumn (1892),] Hardcover First Edition Handsomely bound in the original publisher's dark green finely woven cloth, beveled boards, with gilt lettered facsimile signatures of Thoreau on the front boards, gilt lettering on spine. Dark black endpapers. Top edges gilded. First Edition, first printings of all of Thoreau's "Season" books from his Journals. All are in very good plus condition. The hinges are tight and the books are clean and virtually unread. There is a touch of wear to the edges of the spines and little rubbing and a touch of wrinkling at the top of one or two spines; overall, they are in collector's condition, especially with such splendid presentations by the editor. The recipient, Mrs. King has signed her name, Sarah L. King, and date, Feb. 1882 and glued a colorful section of a card wishing "Happy New Year!" to the second front endpaper of "Early Spring." The volumes come with a letter of provenance and were published in small print runs; the complete set is rather scarce, especially with three of the books signed by the editor. According to BAL these four printings consisted of only 1018, 1260, 1550 and 1020 copies. A rare opportunity for the Thoreau collector. While Thoreau published only two books during his lifetime, after his death, his friend Harrison Blake edited and published sections of his journal ...
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[publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston] Hardcover 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Gilt facsimile signature of Thoreau on the front cover. 470 pages. First edition. BAL 20130. Ownership inscription on front free endpaper in ink. Very light wear to spine ends, else near fine. Printed on copyright page: "The Riverside Press, Cambridge[, Massachusetts]: Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Co." This book is composed of extracts from Thoreau's journal. Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American author, naturalist, abolitionist, and philosopher. Thoreau is best-known for his poems and essays. Many of his writings interweave themes of nature and philosophy. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Gilt facsimile signature of Thoreau on the front cover
[NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1892]
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[publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company] Hardcover Aside from slight toning, clean copy with well-bound, unmarked and undamaged pages. Has stamp on first blank page from previous owner, outer cover has slight shelf wear.
[Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1929]

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, Date: 1881-1892. Hardcover. Octavo, 4 Volumes. In Good plus condition. Bound in green cloth with gilt text. Boards have rubbing to corners, bending and fraying to spine edges, and rubbing to edges. Text blocks have light age toning and light foxing to some pages. "Summer" and "Autumn" have bookplates on front pastedown. Shelved in Room A. CONTENTS: "Early Spring in Massachusetts" [i-viii], 1-318. "Summer" [i-ii], [i-vi], 1-318. "Autumn" [i-ii], [i]-vi, [1]-470. "Winter" [i-iv], [i]-vi, [1]-439, blank, [440], advertisements [1]-6. 1371737. Special Collections. 1881. Houghton Mifflin Company [US]

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Date: 1892. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Gilt facsimile signature of Thoreau on the front cover. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Gilt facsimile signature of Thoreau on the front cover. 470 pages. First edition. BAL 20130. Ownership inscription on front free endpaper in ink. Very light wear to spine ends, else near fine. Printed on copyright page: "The Riverside Press, Cambridge[, Massachusetts]: Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Co." This book is composed of extracts from Thoreau's journal. Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American author, naturalist, abolitionist, and philosopher. Thoreau is best-known for his poems and essays. Many of his writings interweave themes of nature and philosophy. 1892. Houghton, Mifflin and Company [US]

Date: 1881. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1881 / 1884 / 1888 / 1892. [Together, four volumes.] Original dark green cloth with facsimile signature in gilt, beveled. First Edition, first printing, of each of Thoreau's "four seasons" edited from his journal by H.G.O. Blake. (It is curious that the four seasons were published not quite in their natural order.) According to Blanck these four printings consisted of only 1018, 1260, 1550 and 1020 copies respectively. These are unusually bright copies -- a touch of rubbing at some corners, perhaps a faint scratch or two, but otherwise Fine. It is not easy to encounter all four Seasons in this condition. Borst A8.1.a + A9.1.a + A10.1.a + A11.1.a; Blanck 20123 + 20127 + 20129 + 20130. Housed in an open-back slipcase. 1881. [US]

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Date: 1881 / 1884 / 1888 / 1892. First Edition. First printings of all four volumes, each published separately. In original green publisher's cloth, titled in gilt on spines with facsimile of Thoreau's signature to front boards, top edges gilt; black coated endpapers. Early Spring (1881): [viii], 318 pp. A clean copy in bright cloth, rubbed; binding cracking internally at p.120 and p. 192, but holding; slight foxing to endleaves: Very Good. Summer (1884): 16 pages of ads at rear; [2], [i-vi], [1]-382,[1]-16pp; with folding map of Concord. Sturdy and bright, with very minor rubbing at head and tail; front hinge beginning to crack but repaired; around Very Good. Early 20th-century bookplate for The Argows. Winter (1888): 14 pages of ads at rear; [iv], vi, [1]-439, [1], [1]-14pp. Contemporary ownership signature to flyleaf. Externally handsome, apart from rubbing to head and tail; front hinge cracked through; title-page and three leaves of prelims neatly re-attached and two internal gatherings detached: just Good. Autumn (1892): [2], [i-iii] iv-vi, [1]-470 pp. An excellent copy, though spine slightly dulled: Very Good+. This "Seasons" series of four volumes, edited by Thoreau's friend and disciple H. G. O. Blake, collected excerpts from Thoreau's journals, largely focused on natural history. Thoreau's journal was later published in its entirety, and "has received increasing acclaim as a masterpiece in itself" (ANB). Not many copies were printed ...

[publisher: Boston: Houghton Mifflin] Hardcover First Edition 470 pp. Hardcover, bound in green cloth. The edges rubbed with loss at the spine ends and corners; color mottled. Text unmarked.
[Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1892]
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[publisher: Houghton Mifflin 1881 / 1884 / 1888 / 1892, Boston] First Edition First printings of all four volumes, each published separately. In original green publisher's cloth, titled in gilt on spines with facsimile of Thoreau's signature to front boards, top edges gilt; black coated endpapers. Early Spring (1881): [viii], 318 pp. A clean copy in bright cloth, rubbed; binding cracking internally at p.120 and p. 192, but holding; slight foxing to endleaves: Very Good. Summer (1884): 16 pages of ads at rear; [2], [i-vi], [1]-382,[1]-16pp; with folding map of Concord. Sturdy and bright, with very minor rubbing at head and tail; front hinge beginning to crack but repaired; around Very Good. Early 20th-century bookplate for The Argows. Winter (1888): 14 pages of ads at rear; [iv], vi, [1]-439, [1], [1]-14pp. Contemporary ownership signature to flyleaf. Externally handsome, apart from rubbing to head and tail; front hinge cracked through; title-page and three leaves of prelims neatly re-attached and two internal gatherings detached: just Good. Autumn (1892): [2], [i-iii] iv-vi, [1]-470 pp. An excellent copy, though spine slightly dulled: Very Good+. This "Seasons" series of four volumes, edited by Thoreau's friend and disciple H. G. O. Blake, collected excerpts from Thoreau's journals, largely focused on natural history. Thoreau's journal was later published in its entirety, and "has received increasing acclaim as a masterpiece in ...
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