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Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. Rebound in sturdy blue textured cloth over boards. 294 p, 21 cm. B&W Portraits, Plates, Drawings. Index. Scotland boyhood; emigrating to America; Wisconsin farm life; Nature study; Ploughboy life; Learning, Inventing; Machine shop work; University; Teaching; Botany. John Muir became one of America's greatest naturalists and conservationists. Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Random interior spotting. Possible 1st book copyright. Earlier: Atlantic Monthly.
Seller: Hedgehog's Whimsey BOOKS etc., Newport, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$48.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 123 pp.+ Frontis Plt of "Our First Wisconsin Home, 1849", Orig Grn Hardback, VG, no DJ (At top of Illus plt is ink statement "Elizabeth Ennis McGarty born in this house')
Seller: Larry W Price Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Muir, John. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1913.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green cloth, decorated in black, gilt titles on front and spine. Front endpaper missing; light wear at edges of spine; corners lightly bumped.
Seller: Acme Book Company, Fayetteville, NY, U.S.A.
Muir, John. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1913.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 293 pages
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
Muir, John. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York, 1913.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Early printing. Photogravure frontispice portrait and nine other plates. 293 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. BAL 14768 Green cloth, t.e.g. Spine darkened. Very Good Photogravure frontispice portrait and nine other plates. 293 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
John Muir. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth. Houghton Mifflin Co., New York, 1913.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Forest green cloth w/gilt titles and black illustration of a tall tree, etc. front cover and black decorative border. 'Published March 1913' indicated on copyright page; however, the year is not printed on the title page, and there are no other edition notations on the copyright page. Ffep is cut out. Mild wear at ends of spine. Points of corners rubbed. Frontispiece intact. Binding very good. Pages have light toning due to age. 294 pgs. includes index.
Seller: Burke's Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
Muir, John. Story of My Boyhood and Youth. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1913.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo. [vi], 294 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Cloth binding, gilt lettering, no jacket, very good copy. (93880g).
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Muir, John. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1913.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Cover is in good condition, save for minimal rubbing and corner wear (including head and foot of spine). Original tissue over frontispiece remains intact. Text is otherwise tight in binding, though stands ever so slightly askew. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout, save for ownership indications (plate on inside of front cover; inked on FEP and title page. No other markings or indications of note. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$374.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Nearing the end of his life, the acclaimed naturalist, conservationist, & "Father of the National Parks" reflected on his early days from his boyhood in Scotland, immigration to America, life on a Wisconsin farm, including his interactions with various birds & wildlife, doing chores & helping tend to crops, early self-education & inventions, entrance into the University of Wisconsin-Madison, & continuing his lifelong education in the "Univerisity of the Wilderness." In 294 pp with 9 original pen-and-ink sketches by the author on glossy plates throughout the text. Photographic frontispiece of the author, tissue guard intact & pristine. A FIRST EDITION, first state (with uncorrected text on page 217) from March 1913, this hardcover 8vo (5.75" x 8.25") has deep forest green cloth-covered boards with a tooled black tree design & patterned edging to front, lettered in bright gilt to front & spine. Condition is Near Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, binding straight & strong, pages creamy white with a whisper of tanning to edges. Former owner's name & "1916" date in pencil to free front endpaper. Very mild rubbing & pushing to heel of spine & all corners. No DJ, as issued. An extremely handsome copy of this seminal work by a key pioneer of the environmental movement. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Pacific time (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of this brief biography in The Riverside Literature Series collection. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. In good condition. Ex-library. Scarce. John Muir was an influential Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books describing his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada, have been read by millions. His activism has helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and many other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is a prominent American conservation organization. The 211-mile John Muir Trail, a hiking trail in the Sierra Nevada, was named in his honor. Other such places include Muir Woods National Monument, Muir Beach, John Muir College, Mount Muir, Camp Muir and Muir Glacier. In Scotland, the John Muir Way, a 130-mile-long route, was named in honor of him. In his later life, Muir devoted most of his time to the preservation of the Western forests. He petitioned the U.S. Congress for the National Park bill that was passed in 1890, establishing Yosemite National Park. The spiritual quality and enthusiasm toward nature expressed in his writings has inspired readers, including presidents and congressmen, to take action to help preserve large nature areas. Today Muir is referred to as the "Father of the National Parks."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Muir, John. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth.. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York, 1913.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first issue of Muir's autobiography of his youth with the biting criticism of his neighbor's treatment of his son on p. 217: ".none was bold enough or kind enough to break the blacksmith's jaw" (Kimes 315) . Octavo, original illustrated green cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Muir, illustrated. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. In a lifetime of exploration, writing, and passionate political activism, John Muir made himself America's most eloquent spokesman for the mystery and majesty of the wilderness, a master of natural description who evoked and celebrated with unique power and intimacy the untrammeled landscapes of Alaska and the American West. In The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, Muir recounts in vivid detail the three worlds of his early life: his first eleven years in Scotland; the years 1849â"1860 in the central Wisconsin wilderness; and two-and-a-half most inventive years at the University of Wisconsin during that institutionâs infancy. "A superbly told, moving and challenging story. For anybody remotely interested in the environment, Scottish culture, American history, the art of biography or the art of life, this book is essentialâ (Scotland on Sunday).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.