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My First Summer In The Sierra -- 1916 HARDCOVER
by Muir, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Early hardcover reprint. Not dated on the title page, but has on the copyright page "Copyright, 1916,". Original publisher's blue cloth with white lettering front cover & spine. This is a nice example of the very uncommon "School Edition" part of the publisher's "Out-Of-Door Library" series. This edition has exactly the same contents and the 1916 Sierra Edition (and manuscript edition) but is smaller format paper though pages appear to have been printed using the same plates ( the blank margins are smaller here but the text size and spacing is the same). The folding map at the rear is the same as the 1916 Sierra edition's map. It is in fine condition but has two tiny tears at the stub. The book measures 197mm tall x 130mm, and has 271 + [1] pages, b/w frontispiece photo + 7 b/w photo plates, 21 b/w sketch by Muir, b/w folding map placed before index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.
Synopsis
John Muir (1838-1914) was born in Scotland. In 1849 he emigrated with his family to the United States, where he later enrolled in courses in chemistry, geology, and botany at the University of Wisconsin. Muir made extended journeys throughout America, observing both scientifically and enthusiastically the beauties of the wilderness. The Mountains of California , his first book, was published in 1894. He eventually settled in California, where he became an impassioned leader of the forest conservation movement. His writings include Our National Parks (1901), My First Summer in the Sierra (1911), The Yosemite (1912), Travels in Alaska (1915), A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf (1916), and Steep Trails (1918).
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002873
- Title
- My First Summer In The Sierra -- 1916 HARDCOVER
- Author
- Muir, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1916
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, John Muir. Mt Rainier, Puget Sound, Nevada Glacial features, San Gabriel Mountains, Mt. Shasta, Salt Lake
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