FIRST EDITION OF THOREAU'S AUTUMN
THOREAU, Henry David. Autumn: From the Journal of Henry David Thoreau. Edited by H.G.O. Blake. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1892. Octavo, original green cloth, top edge gilt. $750.
First edition, first printing of the last of Thoreau's posthumously published "Seasons" series.
While Thoreau only published two books and several articles and speeches during his lifetime, after his death his friend Harrison G.O. Blake edited and published sections of his journal entitled Early Spring in Massachusetts (1881), Summer (1884), Winter (1888) and Autumn (1892). BAL 20130. Allen 29.
A fine copy.