THOREAU, HENRY DAVID | Early Spring, Summer, Winter, and Autumn. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1881, 1884, 1888, and 1892

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THOREAU, HENRY DAVID

Early Spring, Summer, Winter, and Autumn. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1881, 1884, 1888, and 1892

4 vols. 8vo. Folding map of Concord (Summer), publisher's advertisement at end (Winter); minor toning. Uniformly bound in original green cloth over bevelled boards, upper covers and spines gilt-lettered, top edges gilt, black coated endpapers; minor rubbing to extremities and one or two endpapers. Together in custom slipcase.  

Four first editions — a bright set of Thoreau's "seasons," taken from his journals, and edited by H.G.O. Blake, a friend of the author's.  

REFERENCE:

BAL 20123, 20127, 20129, & 20130; Borst 8.1.a, 9.1.a.1, 10.1.a.1, & 11.1.a