Mrs. William Starr Dana (Frances Theodora Parsons) “According to Season: A Celebration of Nature” Vintage Hardcover 1990

According to Season: A Celebration of Nature
Frances Theodora Parsons (writing under her pen name Mrs. William Starr Dana) was a pioneering American naturalist whose accessible and poetic field guides democratized botany at the turn of the twentieth century.
*According to Season* leads the reader through the unfolding blooms of the year, pairing vivid observations of northeastern wildflowers with keen scientific curiosity.
This elegant 1990 Houghton Mifflin slipcased edition faithfully revives the expanded 1902 work, featuring 16 lovely full-color botanical plates by Elsie Louise Shaw.
It remains an irresistible volume for cottagecore readers, botanical collectors, and lovers of vintage nature writing.
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#### **Book Details**
* **Author:** Mrs. William Starr Dana (Frances Theodora Parsons)
* **Illustrator:** Elsie Louise Shaw
* **Publisher:** Houghton Mifflin Company
* **Binding:** HARDCOVER
* **Edition Points:** First Houghton Mifflin Edition (1990), with complete number line (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1); reprint of the enlarged 1902 Charles Scribner’s Sons edition with 16 original color plates. Issued in a matching decorative slipcase without dust jacket.
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#### **Condition Report**
* **Overall Grade:** Near Fine (Book: Near Fine / Slipcase: Very Good+)
* **Cover & Spine:** Sage-green cloth boards with lustrous, unrubbed gilt Art Nouveau floral stamping across the front cover and bright gilt spine titling. Head and tail of spine and corner tips show only minor shelf-wear.
* **Dust Jacket:** Not applicable (issued without dust jacket in publisher’s slipcase; slipcase is structurally solid and clean with faint adhesive ghosting to the upper front panel and light edge rubbing).
* **Text Block & Pages:** Pages are clean, supple, and uniformly off-white/cream with no tanning or brittle edges. Color botanical plates remain vivid and pristine. A neat four-line personal gift inscription in ink appears on the front free endpaper dated July 22, 1996; text is otherwise unmarked.
* **Binding:** Square, firm, and tight; hinges are fully intact and secure.
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