SUMMER

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1884. Very good.. First edition of this posthumous selection from Thoreau's journal, aptly following the theme of the season. Transcendentalist Thoreau idealizes one of the most powerful strains of the American spirit, a "spiritual seeker, philosopher, and poet [... who] encouraged his readers to try the experiment of life for themselves" (Walls, xiii). Independent-minded and a committed naturalist, his writing have had an enormous impact on popular American environmentalism. 7.5'' x 4.75''. Original green cloth stamped in gilt. Black coated endpapers, top edge gilt. Illustrated with double-page map of Concord. Publisher's ads at fore and rear. [2], vi, 382, 16 pages. Early Connecticut bookseller ticket to rear pastedown. Moderate spotting and wear to binding. Faint tidemark to margin of last few leaves, else clean. Tight.