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A Collection of Four Mid-20th Century American Nature-Themed Books - A collection of four mid-20th century American nature-themed hardcover books, each complete with its original dust jacket. The lot includes ”Walden” by Henry David Thoreau, a 1952 Bramhall House edition featuring a cream and red dust jacket designed by Henry Bugbee Kane over a red cloth binding. Also present is ”John Burroughs' America, ” a 1967 (fourth printing) Devin-Adair edition edited by Farida A. Wiley and illustrated by Francis Lee Jaques, with a blue dust jacket over a beige cloth binding. The third book is ”One Day on Beetle Rock” by Sally Carrighar, illustrated by Henry B. Kane, a 1955 (tenth printing) Alfred A. Knopf edition, presented with a beige dust jacket over a teal cloth binding. The collection is completed by ”The Wilderness World of John Muir, ” a 1954 Houghton Mifflin Company edition edited by Edwin Way Teale and illustrated by Henry B. Kane, featuring a black and yellow dust jacket over a light gray cloth binding. Height of tallest book: 8.5 inches (21.5 cm)