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[publisher: Houghton Mifflin] Hardcover 1887 Houghton Mifflin hardcover stated 3rd edition in green boards with gilt lettering, t.e.g., map of Concord frontispiece, & 14 pages of ads in the back. Fraying and light soil on cover, tear 3/4 of the way down on ffep, label pasted onto front pastedown, with a line through first owner's name and 2nd owner's name in pen, separation between just about all of the binding packets, penciled notes and underlining, pages tanned, still readable but one should be careful with it. Due to numerous problems, I no longer ship to Brazil. Language: eng [Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1887]
Date: 1887 stated 3rd ed.in green boards with gilt lettering and facsimile signature, , t.e.g., tissue-protected map of Concord frontispiece, & 14 pages of ads in the back. Fraying and light soil on cover, tear 3/4 of the way down on ffep, label pasted onto front pastedown, with a line through first owner's name and 2nd owner's name in pen, separation between just about all of the binding packets, pencilled notes and underlining, pages tanned, still readable but one should be careful with it.For NY state residents I am required to add 8.875% sales tax. 1887. Houghton Mifflin [US]
[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]
[publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company at The Riverside Press, Boston, MA / Cambridge, MA] Hardcover Early edition, hardcover in green cloth with top edge gilt and stamped titling to the spine, the book has a slight skew to the binding, light bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, a touch of creasing to the corners of the first and last few pages, mild rubbing with a few smudges to the covers, a very small ding to the head of a few pages, faintly effaced pencil marks to the upper corner of the second free end page, and a perforated Notre Dame San Francisco stamp to the tail of the series title page. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight Near Very Good copy. [Denver, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1895]
[publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company] Hardcover Single volume of the Concord edition. Volume VIII, Summer, from Thoreau's journals. With photographs by Herbert W. Gleason. Clean, bright, and unmarked, with rubbing to cloth at bottom front corner. [Amherst, MA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1906]
[publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, MA] Hardcover First Edition 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. Wrapped in mylar. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4." 382 pages, complete. Sixteen additional pages of advertisements of books published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company in the back. This book is referenced in the Bibliography of American Literature (BAL) as no. 20127. Printed on copyright page: "The Riverside Press, Cambridge[, Massachusetts]: Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Co." Former owner's bookplate tipped in on front pastedown: "Harvey C. Williams." Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Minuscule rubbing and wear to the corners, edges, and head and tail of spine. A Very Good copy. 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. [Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1884]
[publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston] Hardcover First Edition Fourth edition. Edited and with an introduction by H. G. O Blake. Small octavo. v, 382, 15 (ads) pp. Illustrated with a two-page map of Concord. Forest green cloth gilt over beveled boards, topedge gilt. Binding with moderate general wear including two tiny tears at the crown, just about near fine. The interior, including the black coated endleaves, are fine. [Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1888]
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Date: 1888. Hardcover. Near Fine. Fourth edition. Edited and with an introduction by H. G. O Blake. Small octavo. v, 382, 15 (ads) pp. Illustrated with a two-page map of Concord. Forest green cloth gilt over beveled boards, topedge gilt. Binding with moderate general wear including two tiny tears at the crown, just about near fine. The interior, including the black coated endleaves, are fine. 1888. Houghton, Mifflin and Company US
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Boston Houghton, Mifflin and Company 1888 Hardcover Near Fine Fourth edition. Edited and with an introduction by H. G. O Blake. Small octavo. v, 382, 15 (ads) pp. Illustrated with a two-page map of Concord. Forest green cloth gilt over beveled boards, topedge gilt. Binding with moderate general wear including two tiny tears at the crown, just about near fine. The interior, including the black coated endleaves, are fine.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Date: 1888. Hardcover. Near Fine. Fourth edition. Edited and with an introduction by H. G. O Blake. Small octavo. v, 382, 15 (ads) pp. Illustrated with a two-page map of Concord. Forest green cloth gilt over beveled boards, topedge gilt. Binding with moderate general wear including two tiny tears at the crown, just about near fine. The interior, including the black coated endleaves, are fine. 1888. Houghton, Mifflin and Company [US]
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Date: 1884. American transcendentalist and abolitionist Henry D.Thoreau (1817-1862) achieved no material success in his lifetime, but his influence on Twentieth Century thought has been enormous. This is a Very Good copy of the first volume of the posthumous collection of his journals, to be followed by "Winter" (1888) and "Autumn" (1892. Edited by H.G.G. Blake, Thoreau's executor. First Edition. Green cloth binding, beveled; with reproduced author signature on the front cover; titling in gilt on the spine. Clean text; 382 pages; with a sixteen page catalog in the rear.Top-edge is gilt; black endpapers. Two-page map of Concord precedes the Title Page. Small decorative bookseller label on the rear paste-down (nicely decorative!). Corners are bumped; rubbed around the margins. Head and foot of spine are rubbed with light fray. Fore-edge has some spotting but textblock is fine, with no foxing evident. A sound copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1884. Houghton, Mifflin and Company [US]
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[publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston] Hardcover First Edition Fourth edition. Edited and with an introduction by H. G. O Blake. Small octavo. v, 382, 15 (ads) pp. Illustrated with a two-page map of Concord. Forest green cloth gilt over beveled boards, topedge gilt. Binding with moderate general wear including two tiny tears at the crown, just about near fine. The interior, including the black coated endleaves, are fine. [Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1888]
[publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston] Hardcover First Edition American transcendentalist and abolitionist Henry D.Thoreau (1817-1862) achieved no material success in his lifetime, but his influence on Twentieth Century thought has been enormous. This is a Very Good copy of the first volume of the posthumous collection of his journals, to be followed by "Winter" (1888) and "Autumn" (1892. Edited by H.G.G. Blake, Thoreau's executor. First Edition. Green cloth binding, beveled; with reproduced author signature on the front cover; titling in gilt on the spine. Clean text; 382 pages; with a sixteen page catalog in the rear.Top-edge is gilt; black endpapers. Two-page map of Concord precedes the Title Page. Small decorative bookseller label on the rear paste-down (nicely decorative!). Corners are bumped; rubbed around the margins. Head and foot of spine are rubbed with light fray. Fore-edge has some spotting but textblock is fine, with no foxing evident. A sound copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall [Chico, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1884]
SUMMER, Houghton Mifflin, Date: 1884, first edition, some slight rubbing and wear to the corner tips, some fraying with a bit of cloth loss to the spine extremities, light rubbing to the bottom board edges, else a tight vg copy with unbroken inner hinges. 1/1,260 copies. 1884. Houghton Mifflin US
SUMMER, Houghton Mifflin, Date: 1884, first edition, some slight rubbing and wear to the corner tips, some fraying with a bit of cloth loss to the spine extremities, light rubbing to the bottom board edges, else a tight vg copy with unbroken inner hinges. 1/1,260 copies. 1884. Houghton Mifflin [US]
[publisher: Houghton Mifflin] Hardcover First Edition SUMMER, Houghton Mifflin, 1884, first edition, some slight rubbing and wear to the corner tips, some fraying with a bit of cloth loss to the spine extremities, light rubbing to the bottom board edges, else a tight vg copy with unbroken inner hinges. 1/1,260 copies. [ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1884]
Date: 1884. Edited by H.G.O. Blake. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1884. Original dark green cloth with facsimile signature in gilt, beveled. First Edition, which consisted of only 1260 copies (WALDEN, in comparison, consisted of 2000 copies). This was the second of Thoreau's four "seasons" to be posthumously published from his journal; EARLY SPRING had come out in 1881, and WINTER and AUTUMN (curiously out of order) would come out in 1888 and 1892 respectively. The frontispiece consists of a folding map of Concord, with the homes of R.W. Emerson and Nathl. Hawthorne highlighted (as well as Walden Pond). This is a bright copy, fine except for a little faint speckling on the front cover -- a common difficulty for this Thoreau binding. Borst A9.1.a.; Blanck 20127. 1884. US
Date: 1884. Edited by H.G.O. Blake. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1884. Original dark green cloth with facsimile signature in gilt, beveled. First Edition, which consisted of only 1260 copies (WALDEN, in comparison, consisted of 2000 copies). This was the second of Thoreau's four "seasons" to be posthumously published from his journal; EARLY SPRING had come out in 1881, and WINTER and AUTUMN (curiously out of order) would come out in 1888 and 1892 respectively. The frontispiece consists of a folding map of Concord, with the homes of R.W. Emerson and Nathl. Hawthorne highlighted (as well as Walden Pond). This is a bright copy, fine except for a little faint speckling on the front cover -- a common difficulty for this Thoreau binding. Borst A9.1.a.; Blanck 20127. 1884. [US]
Softcover First Edition Edited by H.G.O. Blake. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1884. Original dark green cloth with facsimile signature in gilt, beveled. First Edition, which consisted of only 1260 copies (WALDEN, in comparison, consisted of 2000 copies). This was the second of Thoreau's four "seasons" to be posthumously published from his journal; EARLY SPRING had come out in 1881, and WINTER and AUTUMN (curiously out of order) would come out in 1888 and 1892 respectively. The frontispiece consists of a folding map of Concord, with the homes of R.W. Emerson and Nathl. Hawthorne highlighted (as well as Walden Pond). This is a bright copy, fine except for a little faint speckling on the front cover -- a common difficulty for this Thoreau binding. Borst A9.1.a.; Blanck 20127. [Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1884]
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 ( ...
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: 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 it ...
[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]
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 Company 1881-1892 Hardcover Book. 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.
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]
[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 it ...
[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]
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
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]
Softcover First Edition 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. [Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1881]
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[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 as ...
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