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Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Account of Muir's journey from the University of Wisconsin to his first summer in the Sierra, consisting of his journal of the walk ending in San Francisco, an excerpt from a letter detailing his first excursion in California to Yosemite, and an essay expressing his appreciation for the low hills of the great Central Valley. Octavo: xxviii, 220 p. with a frontispiece and 12 plates. Original green cloth binding, with a color reproduction of a painting by Miss Amelia M. Watson inset on the front board and titles in white. The spine is lightly faded, with a little bit of rubbing to the white titles and some minor wear to the corners and tips; otherwise very good. Kimes 340.
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
Muir, John. Travels in Alaska; the Writings of John Muir, Volume 3. Houghton Mifflin, 1916.
Price: US$320.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Houghton Mifflin, 1916. #537 of 750 copies, "Manuscript Edition"; most pages uncut; cover/spine lightly sunned/soiled; top edge lightly soiled; binding tight; cover, edges, and interior intact and exceptionally clean except where noted; due to the weight of this item, additional shipping charges may apply. Limited. hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Munster & Company LLC, ABAA/ILAB, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$338.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Elusive two-volume expanded reprint 1916 WITH RARE original DUST JACKETS. Original green cloth with gilt lettering spine. Nice clean condition but extremely faint cup ring mark middle of front cover of volume one (only visible under raking light), tiny light mark rear cover of volume one, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid bindings. The original dust jackets are cleaner than usual, volume one jacket has 3cm deep loss at bottom of spine and 2cm deep loss at top corner of spine, 5cm tear at top front of volume one jacket, volume two jacket has tiny loss at corner tips, both jackets have complete printed flaps that have no clipping. Both volumes measure 195mm tall x 130mm, with volume I having 301 + [3] pages, 8 b/w photo plates, single-page map, and volume II having 308 + [1] pages, 6 b/w photo plates, folding map at end, index. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.
Seller: JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS, PORTLAND, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$365.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1916 LARGE PAPER NUMBERED FIRST EDITION. Original grayish green paper covered boards, rebacked with matching green cloth spine with new leather title patch lettered in gilt, edges untrimmed. The book has some light rubbing to edges, light diffuse soiling covers, old gift inscription penned to corner of front pastedown and old bookseller ticket pasted to corner of rear pastedown otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing. The book measures 238nn tall x 168mm, and has 219 + [1] pages, 12 b/w plates, 1 map, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.
Seller: JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS, PORTLAND, OR, U.S.A.
Muir, John. The Writings of John Muir. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916.
Price: US$640.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. Sierra edition; gilt lettering/decoration on spines, decorative gilt poppies on the front boards, contains many black and white plates, some include tissue overlays, top edges gilt, fore-/bottom edges deckled, volume two includes a large fold-out map; covers faintly rubbed/bumped/soiled, corners/spine ends very lightly rubbed/bumped, third and sixth volumes very lightly soiled at the spines; edges very lightly rubbed/bumped/sunned/age-toned/soiled; interiors very lightly age-toned throughout, very faint soiling sparsely sprinkled throughout, pastedowns/endpapers very lightly foxed, volume seven contains three chips at the fore-edge of one page/creased at the top corner of one page, volumes nine and ten inscribed by previous owner in ink at the ffeps, volume six inscribed by previous owner in pencil at the front pastedown, volume two inscribed by previous owner in pencil at the ffep; bindings tight; covers, edges and interiors intact and clean, except where noted; due to the size/weight of these items, additional shipping charges will apply for International or Expedited orders. hardcover. Good.
Seller: Munster & Company LLC, ABAA/ILAB, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.
John Muir. A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nice condition copy of "A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf" by John Muir - RARE with original, un-clipped dust jacket (with the original $2.50 price on the front flap and spine). 1916 1st edition, 1st printing with pictorial front cover and the year "1916" printed on the title page; Houghton Mifflin Company; New York and Boston. Illustrated with black & white photographs and a map showing the route of Muir's walk to the gulf. Gilt top page edges. Please see the photos for the complete list of contents. From the dust jacket: "John Muir's tramp from Indiana to Florida in 1867, and his trip thence to Cuba and finally to California, was Muir's first adventure into the world of his life work as a student of nature, and he described it in his journal with all the fresh enthusiasm of such an adventure at twenty-nine, and with good measure of the literary art that distinguishes his later writing. It was primarily a botanizing trip, but the journal is devoted mostly to the general aspects of the country and to experiences with more or less hospitable humans and woods that were always hospitable. The book will be warmly welcomed, because it is intensely interesting in itself as well as for the light it throws on the development of a great naturalist." Condition: Small stain at the bottom of the front cover; sharp corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Clean interior with only some light foxing on the copyright page, and a name/date (1916) written in pen and bookplate on the front pastedown. There are a couple small, light stains at the bottom edge of the text block. Overall the book is in very good condition. Soiling and staining to the dust jacket with tears along the perimeter (most notably at the top and bottom of the spine); the initials "aH"(?) are written twice on the rear flap; the jacket is un-clipped with the original $2.50 price on the front flap and spine.
Seller: CraigsClassics, Hudson, NH, U.S.A.
Muir, John. Writings of John Muir - (Sierra Edition - 10 volumes). Houghton, Mifflin & Co, 1916.
Price: US$1800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Forest green boards w/gilt decoration are clean & sharp; light rubbing to spine ends; volume 2 has nick 1" up from spine end. Pages are clean & crisp; includes clean Yosemite map in volume 2. A striking, well-preserved set.
Seller: Shaker Mill Books, W. Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Muir, John. THE WRITINGS OF JOHN MUIR MANUSCRIPT EDITION. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1916.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: #340 of 750 editions. 10 volume manuscript edition in original green, small pebbled cloth, edges uncut, brown leather labels with titles in gilt. Spines have dulled to tan and leather labels are variously darkened and chipped with some loss to gilt. Internals are near fine, solid bindings all around. No previous owner names or bookplates. Each volume with duotone forntispiece and tissue guard. Tipped in manuscript sheet describes ice formations, waterfalls, and a glacier associated with a moraine damn. Manuscripts editions are not that common on the market today. AMERICAN WEST CALIFORNIA.
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB, Salisbury, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$4250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a first edition complete 10 volume set of THE WRITINGS OF JOHN MUIR by John Muir, edited by William Frederic Bade with additional biographical material in volumes 9 and 10 by Bade. Edition of 750 sets, this set being number 200 with that number being handwritten in each volume on the limitation page. The sets were published over a number of years starting in 1916 and concluding in 1924. Each volume measures 231mm tall x 155mm and has a b/w frontispiece with tissue guard. The set requires approximately 410mm (16.25 inches) of shelf space when the volumes are positioned upright. The following is copied from Kimes' bibliography of John Muir's books: v. 1. Nine photogravures with printed tissues, incl. front.; 8 halftone plates of author's sketches and map tipped in. v. 2. Eight photogravures with printed tissues, inc. front.; 16 halftone plates of author's sketches and map tipped in. v. 3. Eight photogravures with printed tissues, incl. front., and map tipped in. v. 4. Eight photogravures with printed tissues, incl. front., and map tipped in. v. 5. Six photogravures with printed tissues, incl. front., and map tipped in. v. 6. Seven photogravures with printed tissues, incl. front., and map tipped in. v. 7. Five photogravures with printed tissues, incl. front.; 10 halftone plates of author's sketches and map tipped in. v. 8. Six photogravures with printed tissues, incl. front., and map tipped in. v. 9. Seven photogravures with printed tissues, incl. front., and 1 plate of author's drawing tipped in. v. 10. Five photogravures with printed tissues, incl. front., and 1 plate of author's drawing tipped in. Price: $6.00 per v. In correspondence with the Houghton Mifflin Company, we learned that The Writings was a publication of the Private Library Department and that no records were available. The set was sold by subscription only. According to the publisher's announcement of the manuscript edition, the first six volumes were to be published in the fall of 1916, and the remaining four volumes would be published as soon as "the work of compilation and editing" could be accomplished. Since A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf, included in volume one, was not published until November, 1916, the six volumes could have been available in December, but it may not have been until early in 1917. Volumes seven and eight were published in 1918; volume nine did not appear until late in 1923, and volume ten in 1924. Correspondence indicates that the war was a deterring factor in the company's publication schedule. Customers were inquiring for the last two volumes as early as 1919 and 1920. A hand-written note (Dr. Bade) on a publisher's announcement indicates that the manuscript edition, issued in a variety of formats, was completely sold. CONDITION: Each volume is bound in original green buckram, with leather title patch on spine lettered in gilt, with front and bottom edges of text block uncut, and with each volume hand-numbered (all volumes have the same number which indicates that this is not a mixed set). The spines have faded to tan (usual for this binding) and the leather title patches have some usual wear with loss to the patches of volume 1, volume 2, and volume 3. No previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid bindings, complete.PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.
Seller: JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS, PORTLAND, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$6200.00 + shipping
Description: The Manuscript edition of The Writings of John Muir. One of only 750 numbered copies, this is number 461. Octavo, 10 volumes, bound in the original green with morocco spine labels with gilt titles, containing the original gelatin silver photographic frontispiece to each volume with tissue guards present, illustrated with numerous photogravure and halftone plates; folding map in volume two. Edited by William Frederic Badà . The scenes depicted in the inserted photographs are: The House of John Muir, Martinez, California; The Cathedral Spires, Yosemite National Park; Eucalyptus on Muir's Ranch, Martinez, California; An Orange Tree in Front of Muir's House, Martinez, California; The Lower Fall of the Yosemite (Telephoto view); A Cabin in the Muir Woods, on Mt. Tamalpais, California, used by John Muir, Joaquin Miller, and others; Arctic Ptarmigan; Crater Lake, Oregon. Manuscript page from Muir bound into volume one, the text begins, ".are more & more ancient, & more & more obscured by vegetation & all kinds of post-glacial weathering. These studies invariably show, that the soils on which the forests are growing were not produced by the." In near fine condition. An exceptional example, rare with the original silver gelatin prints. 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.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Description: Manuscript edition, copy #414 of 750. Includes a piece of John Muir's original handwritten manuscript mounted at the front of the first volume, the beginning lines of chapter four of The Mountains of California: "Early one bright morning in Autumn while the glacier meadows were still crisp with frost crystals I set out from the foot of Mount Lyell on my way down to the Yosemite Valley. I had spent the greater portion of the summer [.]" Complete in ten volumes, bound in publisher's green cloth with leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Illustrated with photo frontispieces. Very Good+ with sunned spines, labels rubbed and worn, a few small stains to cloth, contents unmarked and in some cases pages unopened. Offsetting from photos. A limited edition collection of the great conservationist's works with his holograph manuscript.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$9500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition ["Manuscript Edition"], publisher's maroon leather binding. Number 192 of 750 sets. 10 volumes. Each volume with frontis photogravures with numerous photogravures, halftones and maps. Extra-illustrated (as issued) with added hand-colored gravure frontispieces in the first eight volumes. Portion of an original leaf of manuscript by Muir inlaid to front flyleaf of volume I. Publisher's handsome three-quarter maroon levant morocco with maroon cloth sides, gilt-stamped lettering and floral ornaments on spine, four raised bands, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Bound by hand at the Riverside Press. Spines uniformly toned to a dark golden brown. A bit of minor wear or rubbing to some corners with a few just showing. Overall, a beautiful set. "The Writings" were sold by subscription only and could be bound to order. The publisher's normal binding was green buckram with leather spine labels. Copies bound in morocco are excessively rare. Our set corresponds to Kimes' number 342, with the levant morocco binding, and with the additional and delicately hand-colored frontispieces in each of the first eight volumes. The first eight volumes were published from 1916 through 1918. The ninth and tenth volumes did not appear until 1923 and 1924. [Kimes, John Muir, a Reading Bibliography: 342].
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$12000.00 + shipping
Description: The Manuscript edition of The Writings of John Muir. Octavo, 10 volumes, bound in original special deluxe three quarters morocco over marbled boards, leather edges ruled in gilt, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, matching endpapers, top edges gilt. With volumes 1 through 8 of this set each containing an original gelatin silver photograph at the front, each with a printed tissue guard. Kimes does not describe an edition with these additional real photo frontispieces. The binding matches that of Kimes 342. The scenes depicted in the inserted photographs are: The House of John Muir, Martinez, California; The Cathedral Spires, Yosemite National Park; Eucalyptus on Muir's Ranch, Martinez, California; An Orange Tree in Front of Muir's House, Martinez, California; The Lower Fall of the Yosemite (Telephoto view); A Cabin in the Muir Woods, on Mt. Tamalpais, California, used by John Muir, Joaquin Miller, and others; Arctic Ptarmigan; Crater Lake, Oregon. Manuscript page from Muir bound into volume one from Chapter 4 of The Mountains of California. The holograph text is written in brown ink with additional pencil emendations. The edited text begins: "I found a good camp-ground on the rim of a glacier." Illustrated with numerous photogravure and halftone plates, the gravure plates, tissue guards, each with photogravure frontispiece, with the first seven hand-colored; folding map in volume two. Edited by William Frederic Badà . In fine condition. An exceptional example, rare with the original silver gelatin prints. 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.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition of "The Manuscript edition of The Writings of John Muir" A spectacular 10 volumes set bound in the publisher's special deluxe three quarters morocco over marbled boards with volumes 1 through 8 of this set each containing an original gelatin silver photograph at the front, each with a printed tissue guard. All 10 books are complete and in amazing shape. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A fabulous set with an ORIGINAL John Muir Manuscript page bound in volume 1.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.