Search Results

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1912. Burroughs provides an 8-page introduction to this collection of "Outdoor Scenes and Thoughts From the Writings of Walt Whitman," as compiled by Waldo R. Browne. Says Burroughs, in part, "As a poet he did not specialize upon flowers or birds or scenery, or any of the mere prettiness of nature, but he thought of wholes, he tried himself by wholes, he emulated the insouciance, the impartiality, the mass movements of the earth." Trace shelf wear; a very near fine copy in a good dust jacket: chipped at both spine ends and rear corners, and fragile at the folds. Uncommon in the original edition; scarce in any jacket. [#035119] $300
On Sale: $195

South Brunswick/NY, A.S. Barnes, (1969). Kelley, the author of John Burroughs: Naturalist, the director of the John Burroughs Memorial Association, and Burroughs' grand-daughter, here introduces and illustrates a selection of 14 pieces by Burroughs. Also includes an 8-page photo insert. Signed by Elizabeth Burroughs Kelley. Near fine in a very good, rubbed dust jacket, with tears at the spine extremities that have been internally tape-mended. [#036196] $150

NY, Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, (1939). A biography of four men: John Burroughs, Abraham Lincoln, Leo Tolstoy, and Graham Taylor. The Burroughs section runs 35 pages: not definitive, but relatively early, and in interesting company. Small ink stain on the title page, and a few pages of text have random ink markings, not affecting legibility; owner name on flyleaf; near fine in a very good, shallowly edge-chipped dust jacket. Uncommon in jacket. [#035986] $125