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Lot 255
Sale 1335 - Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
Jun 6, 2024
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THOREAU, Henry David (1817-1862). [The Season Books]. Early Spring in Massachusetts. 1881. -- Summer. 1884 -- Winter. 1888. -- Autumn. 1892. All Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company.
Together, 4 volumes, 8vo. Folding map of Concord in Summer. (Evidence of bookplate removal in Summer.) Original gilt-lettered green cloth, gilt top edge (extremities lightly rubbed, spine a bit faded on Early Spring). Provenance: Robert H. Hay (book label); Albert M. Younger (bookplate).
FIRST EDITIONS of Thoreau's "seasons" taken from his journals and edited by his friend, H.G.O. Blake. BAL 20123, 20127, 20129, 20130.
Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie