Cape Cod. Two volumes Complete.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1896. First Printing of the First US Edition. Both volumes are Very Good plus in green cloth binding aged to brown with gilt lettering and floral decorations. Previous owner name in both volumes. Based on several trips to the Cape and originally published as a series of articles, Henry David Thoreau's Cape Cod is a remarkable work that depicts the natural beauty of Cape Cod and the nature that surrounds it. Thoreau, a consummate lover of the outdoors and nature is right at home in the Cape and he details his excitement of the area with naturalist portraits of the indigenous species and animals. With illustrations from sketches in color by Amelia M. Watson. Item #28945
Price: $350.00