The Works [Writings] of John Burroughs: Wake-Robin; Winter Sunshine; Birds and Poets; Locusts and Wild Honey; Pepacton; Fresh Fields; Signs and Seasons; Indoor Studies; Riverby; Whitman; Light of Day; Literary Values; Far Near; Ways Nature; Leaf Tendril
by Burroughs, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good ++/Good
- Seller
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Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Riverside Press Fifteen hardcovers with dust jackets, dated 1904 -1909;---1. all books and DJs in the same Houghton Mifflin matched style, size and format: teal covers with top edge gilt and very bright and clear gilt lettering to spine, plain beige DJs with black lettering to spine (laid in to Volume XV is an old plain brown envelope with "John Burroughs" written in ink on the front, containing two newspaper clippings from 1921 regarding Burroughs' death, and a tiny four-stanza poem by Burroughs also from a newspaper;---2. books range from 249 to 355 pages, plus tissue-guarded illustrations, some full colour;---3. all books in Very Good ++ condition, very gently used, tight in binding although some ever so slightly cocked, only tiny traces of shelf wear to cover corner tips and gentle bumps to spine ends, very clean and unmarked throughout (except pencil name/address on free front endpaper of Volume I), pages surprisingly fresh and white considering their vintage, no foxing;---4. all DJs in about Good or better condition with chips to spine and hinge ends, some with fewer chips but maybe a short tear or two, spines age toned, but all intact and complete, clean and unmarked (except for Volume XIV which is more chipped than most and also has a very pale faded old stain around the top spine);------Shipping and Handling will be charged at my cost only without markup (in 2021, about US$37.00 to a major Canadian city, sadly a little more to a rural Postal Code, about US$60.00 to the USA);---complete list of titles: Wake-Robin; Winter Sunshine; Birds and Poets; Locusts and Wild Honey; Pepacton; Fresh Fields; Signs and Seasons; Indoor Studies; Riverby; Whitman: A Study; Light of Day; Literary Values and Other Papers; Far and Near; Ways of Nature; Leaf and Tendril.. Riverside Press Riverby Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Good.
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- Bookseller
- Eric James (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 043057
- Title
- The Works [Writings] of John Burroughs: Wake-Robin; Winter Sunshine; Birds and Poets; Locusts and Wild Honey; Pepacton; Fresh Fields; Signs and Seasons; Indoor Studies; Riverby; Whitman; Light of Day; Literary Values; Far Near; Ways Nature; Leaf Tendril
- Author
- Burroughs, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good ++
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Riverside Press Riverby Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Riverside Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Keywords
- BRITISH ENGLISH NATURE NATURAL SCIENCE HISTORY AMERICAN NATURALIST ESSAYIST AUTHOR WRITER USA UNITED STATES PARKS CONSERVATION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary Anthologies; Nature/Natural Science/Pets;
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Eric James
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...