BURROUGHS, JOHN. Autograph manuscript signed of an essay entitled "The Heart of the Southern Catskills," with numerous deletions and revisions in the text, n.d. [published 1910]. 92 pages, 8vo, written in ink on rectos only, each sheet neatly inlaid to folio size within typographic borders, signed at end, bound in dark green morocco, g.e., by Scroll Club, slightly rubbed at edges. [With:] In the Catskills, Boston and New York, 1910, 8vo, original decorated cloth, t.e.g., partially unopened, photographic plates, lightly worn, First edition of this collection, a slip tipped to front endpage inscribed: "With many thanks for your generous kindness...John Burroughs." BAL 2181. The essay "The Heart of the Southern Catskills," comprises Chapter VI (pp.153-184).

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BURROUGHS, JOHN. Autograph manuscript signed of an essay entitled "The Heart of the Southern Catskills," with numerous deletions and revisions in the text, n.d. [published 1910]. 92 pages, 8vo, written in ink on rectos only, each sheet neatly inlaid to folio size within typographic borders, signed at end, bound in dark green morocco, g.e., by Scroll Club, slightly rubbed at edges. [With:] In the Catskills, Boston and New York, 1910, 8vo, original decorated cloth, t.e.g., partially unopened, photographic plates, lightly worn, First edition of this collection, a slip tipped to front endpage inscribed: "With many thanks for your generous kindness...John Burroughs." BAL 2181. The essay "The Heart of the Southern Catskills," comprises Chapter VI (pp.153-184).

A mountaineering narrative. Burroughs recounts climbing expeditions to the summits of several Catskill peaks, including the tallest, Slide Mountain.