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EARLY SPRING IN MASSACHUSETTS and SUMMER and WINTER and AUTUMN
by Thoreau, Henry D
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- first
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- Seller
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Yarmouth, Maine, United States
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About This Item
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.
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.
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- Bookseller
- Sumner & Stillman
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14483
- Title
- EARLY SPRING IN MASSACHUSETTS and SUMMER and WINTER and AUTUMN
- Author
- Thoreau, Henry D
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1881
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- Nature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nonfiction;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Sumner & Stillman
Biblio member since 2009
Yarmouth, Maine
About Sumner & Stillman
Founded in 1980, Sumner & Stillman is a small family business providing personal service in the buying and selling of literary first editions of the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) for over 30 years.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
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