Editore: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1945
Da: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, xvii, 364, xvi pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is tan with gold print. Boards in blue cloth with gold print. Light wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning, stain on front. Text block has blue tinted top edge, name in ink and penciled notes on front pastedown. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait, plates (photographs, 1 folded facsimile). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column C. 1376225. FP New Rockville Stock.
Editore: University of Wisconsin Press, 1979
ISBN 10: 0299078841 ISBN 13: 9780299078843
Da: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 480 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.
Editore: The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison WI, 1979
ISBN 10: 0299078809 ISBN 13: 9780299078805
Da: Book Booth, Berea, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Covers have minor wear and rubbing. Corners and ends of spine rubbed. Binding tight. No writing. xviii + 459 pages including index. Excerpts from the 60 journals of John Muir and scribbles and notes from his journeys as a naturalist Size: 5.75 x 8.5.
Editore: Houghton Mifflin, 1938
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: almost very good. First Edition. Houghton Mifflin,1938. First edition, (not 1. printing, no 1938 date on the title page). 459 pages, incl 14 pages index and 9 illustrated plates. Original dust jacket, not price clipped, with $3.75 on flap. Binding tight, hinges are sound. Cloth binding with some spotting, endpapers have darkened, pages are very clean. DJ with small losses to the top and bottom edges, see photos. DJ now protected in Mylar cover.
Editore: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1938
Da: JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS, PORTLAND, OR, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 1st Edition. 1938 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition with 1938 date on title page (reprints don't have the date printed on the title page). Original tan cloth, decorative blue lines cover & spine, red lettering cover & spine. The book has clean covers, some usual tanning to spine and covers, some faint foxing-like spots covers, usual slight tanning to pages, minor foxing in top inside margin on pages opposite plates but all other pages have no foxing, solid binding, old owner bookplate on front pastedown and review or advertising blurb for the book tipped to rear pastedown otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, complete with all pages and illustration plates. The uncommon original dust jacket has 15mm deep loss across top spine, 5mm loss along bottom spine, 11cm clean tear and 15cm clear tear both starting at top front that are hard to detect without close inspection, original printed price still present on front flap corner. The book measures 219mm tall x 150mm, and has 459 pages, 8 b/w plates (5 b/w photos, 4 sketches), index. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.
Editore: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1938
Da: Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA, Monterey, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
First Edition. 8vo. 459 pp. Several pages uncut. Index. 9 illustrated plates from photographs and drawings (including frontispiece portrait of John Muir). Tipped in are two photographs (affixed), the Dassonville portrait of John Muir and a drawing of a tree by Muir from his first journal. Underneath the portrait are written two names - Neal M. Muir and John C. Muir. Laid in is an original photograph of a young man; Neil Muir is written on the verso. A heartfelt inscription is written inside front cover to "Fitch" from "Haswell". Tan cloth in illustrated dustjacket. A near fine copy in near fine dustjacket (price-clipped; minor wear to spine ends and corners). The sixty extant journals and numerous notes in this volume were written from 1869 to 1911 and rank in importance and literary quality with the finest of Muir's books. They begin when Muir, as a young man, came to know California for the first time. These Journals reveal the very soul of John Muir, mystic, poet, scientist. His humor, his power of description, his philosophy, the romance of his far wanderings, all come out in these pages, written with joy and spontaneiry for himself and his intimate friends. - dustjacket flap. Sections cover Yosemite Valley and the Sierra Nevada, the Alsaka Harriman expedition, Arizona notes, Robert Burns, Mount Rainier and more. (Kimes 379).
Editore: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1938
Da: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Houghton Mifflin, Boston. 1938. 459 pages with index. First edition, early printing. First printings of this title require a 1938 date on the title page. This copy lacks the 1938 date on the title page. Original DJ with $3.75 price intact on flap. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are sound. Cloth panels are bright and clean. Book is fine with one flaw; foxing and light toning to endpapers; otherwise fine. Original rare DJ is bright and attractive despite open chip on upper front corner. Minor edge chipping along spine edges. Small closed edge tear on rear. A tight, desirable early printing of Muir's classic, in its original rare DJ. NF/VG.
Editore: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1938
Da: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Houghton Mifflin, Boston. 1938. 459 pages with index. First edition first printing with 1938 printed on the title page. If 1938 is not printed on the title page, it is not a first printing. This is a first printing with 1938 printed on the title page. Original DJ with $3.75 price intact on flap. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are strong. Cloth panels, pages and endpapers are all bright and clean. Manufacturer's minor paper crease on front pastedown underneath DJ flap. Rare DJ is bright and attractive with a closed edge tear on front. DJ lightly trimmed along edge from old DJ protector. Minor scuffing to DJ with minimal soiling. A very attractive copy of the true first edition, first printing. VG+/VG.
Editore: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1938
Da: Bad Animal, Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Limited Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. Octavo. Hardcover lacking a dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed by the editor Linnie Marsh Wolfe and flat signed by Wanda Muir Hanna on the first free end paper. Includes the manuscript leaf with seven lines in Muir's own hand. Tan boards with red lettering. Boards are mildly soiled. Text block clean, bright, and unmarked. Book is on the upper end of good condition. Signed by Editor.
Editore: Houghton Mifflin, 1938
Prima edizione Copia autografata
hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. [Includes an Original Manuscript Leaf from John Muir's Journal, with nine lines written by John Muir] Leaf is tipped in at the dedication page. Signed both by the editor Linnie Marsh Wolfe and by John Muir's daughter, Wanda Muir Hanna, on the front end page. Inscribed to Dr. Samuel P. Adams, of Vermont by John W. Buckham. xxii, 459 pages. Bound in publisher's tan cloth. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Minor shelf wear to dj. BAL 14780. John Muir (1838-1914) was a seminal figure in the ecological and American conservation movement. His work led to the establishment of Sequoia National Park and Yosemite National Park. He founded the Sierra Club in 1892. Signed.