The Writings of Henry David Thoreau [New Riverside Edition} Henry David Thoreau [Very Good] [Hardcover]

11 volumes, approx. 300â ""400 pp. each. Dark green cloth boards with gilt spine lettering, top edges gilt. Moderate shelf wear, fraying along spines, fading to cloth, and toning to pages; overall sound and complete. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, complete in eleven volumes: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers; Walden; The Maine Woods; Cape Cod; Early Spring in Massachusetts; Summer; Autumn; Winter; Excursions; Miscellanies; and finally Familiar Letters. Includes two variant states of Excursions: one with copyright â 1893 by Houghton, Mifflin and Co.â only, and another with additional â Copyright 1863 and 1866 by Ticknor and Fieldsâ and â Electrotyped and Printed by H.O. Houghton and Companyâ on the copyright page. This edition was the first comprehensive collected works of Thoreau. The seasonal volumes (Early Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter) were compiled posthumously from Thoreauâ s journals, representing their first publication. Alongside Thoreauâ s enduring voice in both major and minor works, the set holds added bibliographic appeal with the inclusion of two variant Excursions volumes. Store case 7. .