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John Muir. The Cruise of the Corwin. Houghton Mifflin Co, 1917.
Price: US$82.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Vg condition. Very tight, slight discoloration on front board. Internal pages in fine condition
Seller: Arader Galleries of Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
John Muir. The Cruise of the Corwin. Houghton Mifflin, 1917.
Price: US$99.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Houghton Mifflin, 1917. Hard cover, first edition. Ex-library copy with the usual markings, otherwise Good condition. The cover is a bit soiled and has been varnished.
Seller: Turgid Tomes, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: DESCRIPTION: The Cruise of the Corwinis a journal of the Arctic Expedition of 1881 in search of De Long and the Jeannette. * This 279 page 1st edition has 28 photo illustrations, a map, and also the frontispiece entitled Cape Serdzekamen, Sibera which is protected by a tissue guard. Every photo plate is present. * The introduction is by William Frederic Bade, editor * The cover is bound with grey cloth covered boards with color plate of The Corwin pasted on front. The top edge is gilt top. * A gift inscription is on the front endpapers. * CONDITION: Their is wear on the front cover and spine edges. The endpapers are splitting.
Seller: The Book Shelf, Bismarck, ND, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. "Published November 1917" on copyright page. Journal by Muir reported to San Francisco Daily bulletin about the dangers and episodes of the expedition in search of the steamer Jeanette and two Whalers missing since 1879. Muir was asked to accompany because of knowledge in botany and geology. Grey cloth stamped in white with nice pictorial paper label of the Corwin in ice on front cover. Top page edges gilt. xxxii, 279pp. with index and photos. Faint water stain at lower half here and there otherwise text is clean. Pages have a slight wave - hardly noticeable. Spine has a slight crease. Binding is in very good condition. Tightly bound. RARE. no jacket. Overall in Good condition.
Seller: Cultural Connection, Cape Coral, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 279 pp.+ Photo Pllt at Frontis (With Tissue Guard) & 23 Other Photo Plts, Grey Hardback with Orig Color plt tipped on F Cover, TEG, VG, no DJ, 1st ed
Seller: Larry W Price Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$136.46 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
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Seller: HPB-Emerald, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
MUIR, John. Cruise of the Corwin. , 1917.
Price: US$137.50 + shipping
Description: MUIR, John. The Cruise of the Corwin: Journal of the Arctic Expedition of 1881 in Search of de Long and the Jeannette. Edited by William Frederic Bade. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917. 1st ed. xxxii,279pp. Frontis., plates, map. Orig. cloth, pictorial pastedown on front board, T.e.g. Cloth lightly rubbed, minor wear to corners, faint scattered foxing, else very good. "During the cruise Muir kept a daily record of his experiences and observations. He also wrote a series of letters to the San Francisco Evening Bulletin in which he turned to account the contents of his journal"-Introduction. BAL 14775.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Edited by William Frederic Bade. [xxxii] [280] pp. 8vo, publisher's pictorial cloth, t.e.g. First trade edition. Kimes 348. Fine bright copy with about 1/8 inch loss to half of the head of the backstrip. Illus.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo. [xxxii], 279 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Pictorial cloth binding, mounted label, no jacket, very good copy. (93883g). Edited by William Frederic Badè.
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$162.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Front hinge cracked. Slight spine lean. Some bumping and rubbing on spine extremities and board corners, with an 1/8" tear in the cloth at the spine tail. Fairly faint staining on spine. Bit of age-darkening on endpapers and page edges. Else pages clean. ; B&W Illustrations; EXH21D; 279 pages
Seller: Crossroad Books, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1917 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition with 1917 on the title page and on the copyright page. Original greenish gray cloth with color decoration front cover, white lettering front and spine, TEG. The book has clean covers, very light rubbing tips of corners, slight puckering to spine cloth (not bad), old owner name "KEW" penned to front pastedown otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, tissue guard at title page has large tear, solid binding, no foxing. The book measures 211mm tall x 144mm, and has 278p pages + [2], 28 b/w photos and sketches on 22 plates (one of which is a map), index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.
Seller: JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS, PORTLAND, OR, U.S.A.
Muir, John. The Cruise of the Corwin. Houghton Mifflin Company 1917 Boston and New York;, 1917.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: first edition; textblock very good condition; binding good plus, showing shelf wear and rubbing at extremities, corners bumped, some spots; 279 pages; illustrated; index; a nice copy of a classic account by the famous naturalist;
Seller: Book Den East, oak bluffs, MA, U.S.A.
John Muir. The Cruise Of The Corwin. Houghton Mifflin, 1917.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: #28 of 550 large paper edition hardcover buchram over paper covered boards, leather spine label. Color frontis and other illustrations. Bookplate and small ink flyleaf. Tight and otherwise unmarked. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: B&W Illustrations; This is the First Trade edition, with the date November 1917 on the copyright page. The book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. There is some light bumping to the top spine and corner ends. The spine of the book has some fading / rubbing to the white lettering on the publishing information at the bottom spine end. The text pages are clean and bright. All the illustrations are present and in clean, bright condition. "The Corwin was a steamer belonging to the US Treasury Department that sailed the waters of Alaska protecting US interests at sea-otter hunting grounds. For its June 1881 voyage it was charged with making inquiries into the fate of the three vessels and rendering appropriate aid. The Corwin was sent out partly as a relief expedition for the Jeannette and two missing whaling vessels, Mount Wallaston and Vigilant. Jeannette, commanded by Commander George W. De Long, had sailed to the Bering Strait in 1879 to explore the Arctic Ocean, but went missing. Corwin was commanded by Captain C. L. Hooper, and the cruise went to the Arctic Ocean along Northwest Alaska. By Hoopers invitation, John Muir accompanied the voyage. Muir studied and wrote about the glaciation of the region and its vegetation. He collected plants at many locations on the coasts of Alaska and Siberia, and on St. Lawrence, Wrangell, and Herald Islands" (from the Smithsonian website)
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$187.50 + shipping
Description: First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], xxxi, [1], 278, [2]; frontispiece, 21 plates (5 after photographs by Edward Curtis); original gray cloth stamped in white, pictorial pastedown on upper cover, t.e.g.; two small pinholes in spine, else very good. "During the cruise Muir kept a daily record of his experiences and observations. He also wrote a series of letters to the San Francisco Evening Bulletin in which he turned to account the contents of his journal . The present work is based on the journal and the letters, plus the addition, in the appendix, of the two pieces earlier published in 1883 and 1884 as government publications." Arctic Bibliography 11838; BAL 14775; Kimes 348.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$193.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: [8], v-xxxi, [3], 3-278, [2] pp. Pale blue/gray publisher's cloth with pastedown picture of the Corwin in icefield on front cover, white stamped lettering, gilt top edge. Some trivial foxing to fore and tail edges. 'Chas Lauriat Co.' Boston bookseller's ticket to FFEP. Very clean and sharp otherwise. Uncommonly nice condition.
Seller: Arches Bookhouse, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
MUIR, JOHN. The Cruise of the Corwin. Houghton Mifflin, 1917.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hand-colored photogravure frontispiece. Green laid hard cover, with a green cloth spine, and a brown leather spine label stamped in gold. "Large-Paper Edition", limited to 550 numbered copies, this being copy number 230. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Wm Burgett Bks and Collectibles, san diego, CA, U.S.A.
MUIR, John. The Cruise of the Corwin. Houghton Mifflin, New York, 1917.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 279pp. With 33 illustrations from photographs (some by Edward Curtis) and drawings 8vo., Publisher's illustrated cloth. Muir's account of the the cruise of the USS Corwin during its search for the lost American arctic exploration vessel Jeanette: Muir was onboard as a naturalist and correspondent for the San Francisco Daily Bulletin, and this book reprints the letters that he wrote to the Bulletin during the more than five-month voyage, supplemented with notes from his daily diary, and the two scientific reports on botany and glaciation that he wrote for the government. Very nice copy.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 278pp. Octavo [21 cm] Light greenish gray cloth covered boards with white ink stamped titles, and an illustrated paper label of the USRC Corwin in ice flows mounted to the front cover. Top edge gilt. Many drawings from sketches by John Muir. Light rubbing and soiling to the extremities. Image on front slightly offset. Front pastedown a little soiled. Sporadic mild foxing to pages, including the frontispiece, tissue guard, and title page. All illustrated plates present. With the bookplate of Elmer Truesdale Merrill on the front pastedown. Merrill (1838-1914) was an American classical scholar of Latin works. He was a long standing academic professor of Latin and became one of the foremost experts in Latin. Kimes 348. BAL 14775. John Muir (1838-1914) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early supporter of the preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books recounting his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions. His writings and advocacy to Congress led to the establishment of Yosemite as a National Park in 1890. In 1903, on a trip to Yosemite with President Theodore Roosevelt, he described the State's mismanagement and exploitation of the National Park and pressed for Federal control, and in 1905, Yosemite was expanded and placed under the control of the Department of Interior. The USRC Thomas Corwin was one of several Pacific Revenue Cutters based in San Francisco and assigned to the assigned to the Alaskan waters. The annual cruise of 1881, under the command of Captain Calvin Hooper, was to visit and resupply settlements, search for the De Long expedition in the "Jeanette" as well as lost whalers, and continue the scientific studies of the Arctic.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
MUIR, John. Cruise of the Corwin: Journal of the Arctic Expedition of 1881 in. , 1917.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: MUIR, John. The Cruise of the Corwin: Journal of the Arctic Expedition of 1881 in Search of de Long and the Jeannette. Edited by William Frederic Bade. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917. 1st ed. xxxii,279pp. Frontis., plates, map. Orig. cloth, pictorial pastedown on front board, T.e.g. A fine copy. "During the cruise Muir kept a daily record of his experiences and observations. He also wrote a series of letters to the San Francisco Evening Bulletin in which he turned to account the contents of his journal"-Introduction. BAL 14775.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$299.88 + shipping
Description: xxxi,(1),278,(1)pp. Royal octavo. The large paper edition, limited to a printing of 550 copies, of which this is copy #265. Green cloth backed paper boards with a brown gilt stamped title label mounted to the spine. Edges roughly trimmed. Heavily illustrated with black and white plates taken from photographs, sketches by the author, paintings and a hand-coloured photogravure frontispiece; many of the photographs used were taken by Edward Curtis. A touch of wear along the edges of the boards. A tight and clean copy in very good to near fine condition. A. B. 11838. Muir was aboard the Revenue Steamer CORWIN when she was sent into the Arctic Ocean searching for the JEANNETTE; the first known landing was made on Wrangell Island.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
John Muir. THE CRUISE OF THE CORWIN. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1917.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: 279p. A 1/4 green cloth hardcover book with a leather spine label. Corners wearing through, spine label a bit crackly-looking, and edges of cloth rubbed. Last several leaves a bit wrinkled at the bottom. Minute foxing on edges of plates, and heavier foxing on foredges. Otherwise, text clean and binding secure. Very good condition overall. Limited large-paper edition; #343 of 550 copies printed (of which 500 were for sale).
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$345.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: xxxi, [1], 278, [2] p. front., plates, map. 21 cm.Large paper ed. limited to 550 copies. Hand colored frontis.
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo; 279 pp. Hand-colored frontis and black and white photos. Copy No, 129 of 550. A square tight copy with unmarked text. Green papered covered boards over green cloth, gilt lettered leather spine label. A very fresh copy with minimal rubbing to tail of spine. The rear panel is problematic; it appears to be a bit soiled, perhaps caused by binder's glue bleeding through and book's subsequent contact with a darker object. The panel is not scuffed, but rather rubbed slightly. Otherwise the book appears to have not been read, and opened only for the previous owners to apply their bookmarks, and for one of those owners to also note on the fly, 'This narrative is one of John Muir's earliest. Chiefly written from his diaries-of the North'. This note, beautifully hand-written, was made by Lucretia Thatcher Perry Osborn, who along with her husband, Henry Fairfield Osborn, were great friends and benefactors of John Muir, Henry accompanying Muir on his fifth trip to Alaska (1896), and the couple accommodating him at their summer retreat on the Hudson River, Muir editing the final proofs for 'Yosemite' at a cabin set up by his friends, and later named for him. The book, lacking the exceedingly rare dj, is now protected in a removable mylar cover.
Seller: La Playa Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Muir, John. The Cruise of the Corwin. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1917.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: Curtis, Edward. First edition, No. 186 of 550 Large Paper copies. Hand-colored frontispiece painting after Denny. With 33 illustrations from photographs (some by Edward Curtis) and drawings. 279 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. BAL 14775 Original green cloth over boards, leather spine label. Spine a bit faded, label slightly rubbed, else fine, with part of box Hand-colored frontispiece painting after Denny. With 33 illustrations from photographs (some by Edward Curtis) and drawings. 279 pp. 1 vols. 8vo First edition, No. 186 of 550 Large Paper copies.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
John Muir. The Cruise of the Corwin. Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1917.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nov 1917 on copyright page. original cream green cloth, color pictorial cover label, top edge gilt. Edited by William Frederic Bade. Illustrated with plates from photographs and from sketches by Muir. In near fine condition
Seller: Albert & Rosie's Books, WEBSTER, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$499.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1917 1ed John Muir Cruise of the USS Corwin to ALASKA Indian ESKIMOS Illustrated John Muir, also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks, was an influential Scottish-American naturalist, environmental philosopher, and an early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States. In 1881, Muir returned to Alaska joining an expedition on the USS Corwin which landed at Wrangel Island. The entirety of his experiences there along with journal entries are recorded in his book The Cruise of the Corwin. This book is notable for containing descriptions of the indigenous Eskimo tribes in Alaska and St. Lawrence Island. Item number: #21638 Price: $499 MUIR, John; BADE, William Frederic (Editor) The Cruise of the Corwin Boston; New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917. First large paper edition Details: Collation: Complete o [2], xxxi, [1], 278, [2] o 28 photogravure engravings References: Kimes 348; BAL 14775 Language: English Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure Size: ~9.25in X 6.5in (23.5cm x 16.5cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 21638 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Muir, John. The Cruise of the Corwin. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1917.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the 1917 year printed on the title page. This ORIGINAL dustjacket has the publisher's $2.75 net printed price present on the spine of the dustjacket. The dustjacket has some chipping to spine and edges NOT effecting any lettering. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy with a very good dustjacket.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Muir, John. The Cruise of the Corwin. Houghton Mifflin, New York, 1917.
Price: US$683.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 279 pp. Index. Photographic plates (several by Edward Curtis) and drawings most from sketches by John Muir). Edited by William Frederic Bade. Gray cloth with color plate affixed to front cover; white lettering; top edge gilt; in publisher's illustrated dustjacket. Gift inscription; light wear to extremites; else an about near fine copy in good only dustjacket (price clipped; darkening to spine and covers; flap corners clipped; partial separation along rear joint; wear to extremities; short closedd tears and creasing). In the spring of 1881, John Muir joined the expedition to Alaska and the far north in search of the steamer Jeannette and 2 whalers that had been missing since 1879; this book is composed of letters written to the San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, supplemented with unpublished additions from his journal. (Kimes 348).
Seller: Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA, Monterey, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, large paper copy, one of five hundred and fifty copies, this is number 272. Octavo, original cloth. Edited by William Frederic Badà . Illustrated with plates from photographs and from sketches by Muir. In near fine condition. Kimes 348; BAL 14775 On July 8, 1879, the USS Jeanette departed San Francisco for the Bering Strait with the intention of finding a route to the North Pole. With the ship crushed by the pressure of the ice, its captain, George W. De Long, and twenty of its crew never made it back to America. The federal government called upon her captain, Calvin L. Hooper, to venture northwards and find out what happened to the USS Jeanette and the missing men. Built out of the finest Oregon fir, fastened with copper, galvanized iron, and locust-tree nails, the Corwin was the perfect ship for Arctic exploration where her sturdy sailing qualities were to prove of the utmost importance. John Muir, Scottish naturalist and explorer, sensing the possibilities of science and adventure in the exploration of this unknown Arctic land, immediately made himself available for the Corwinâs expedition. During the cruise Muir kept a daily record of his experiences and observations, these along with the numerous letters he wrote form the basis of this fascinating account. As well as describing the day by day events of the Corwin in its search for any survivors of the Jeanette, Muir also recorded his encounters with Alaskan natives, describing how they survived this brutal environment. He drew upon his experience as a naturalist to beautifully capture the flora and fauna of this landscape.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Muir, John. THE CRUISE OF THE CORWIN. , 1917.
Price: US$936.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Edited by William Frederic Bade Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917. 279pp. hand-colored frontis photogravure; black and white illustrations from photographs. 550 copies of this large-paper edition were printed 500 copies are for sale. This is number 507. Presentation copy from the editor. Personal copy of late Major General Royal Lord. Handwritten notation by editor on title-page "Edited by William Frederic Bade". Handwritten inscription on first free epage: "With a bon voyage from all the Bades, big and little, for the happiest of all cruises! So say we all of us WFB, ELeBB, EMB, ELe BB VI, WGB". 8vo.Green paper-covered boards over green cloth spine with leather spine label; Minor scuffing on spine label, light soiling on rear cover. Minor rubbing on ends of spine, corner tips sharp; lower edges of the last few pages wrinkled; overall near fine hardcover.
Seller: Columbia Books, ABAA/ILAB, MWABA, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
John Muir. THE CRUISE OF THE CORWIN. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1917.
Price: US$949.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in boards. Owner name, date on FEP. Number 500 of 550 Large PaperEditions.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A gorgeous copy of the November 1917 1st trade edition. Clean and Near Fine in a surprisingly bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of very light chipping at the spine crown. (The front flap is neatly clipped on both ends --almost certainly by the publisher-- but the original $2.75 price remains intact). Thick octavo, top-edge gilt, edited by William Frederic Bade. 5 of the photographs taken by and credited to Edward Curtis. Truly a collector's copy.
Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, large paper copy, one of five hundred and fifty copies, this is number 260. Octavo, original cloth. Edited by William Frederic Badà . Illustrated with plates from photographs and from sketches by Muir. Fine in the rare original dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Kimes 348; BAL 14775 On July 8, 1879, the USS Jeanette departed San Francisco for the Bering Strait with the intention of finding a route to the North Pole. With the ship crushed by the pressure of the ice, its captain, George W. De Long, and twenty of its crew never made it back to America. The federal government called upon her captain, Calvin L. Hooper, to venture northwards and find out what happened to the USS Jeanette and the missing men. Built out of the finest Oregon fir, fastened with copper, galvanized iron, and locust-tree nails, the Corwin was the perfect ship for Arctic exploration where her sturdy sailing qualities were to prove of the utmost importance. John Muir, Scottish naturalist and explorer, sensing the possibilities of science and adventure in the exploration of this unknown Arctic land, immediately made himself available for the Corwinâs expedition. During the cruise Muir kept a daily record of his experiences and observations, these along with the numerous letters he wrote form the basis of this fascinating account. As well as describing the day by day events of the Corwin in its search for any survivors of the Jeanette, Muir also recorded his encounters with Alaskan natives, describing how they survived this brutal environment. He drew upon his experience as a naturalist to beautifully capture the flora and fauna of this landscape.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.