First Summer Sierra by Muir John, Signed (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Printing. Signed by the photographer, Scot Miller, on title page. First printing of this edition. Hard cover published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2011. Purplish-blue covers with gilt lettering on spine. Upper spine has a small tear along front edge. Back cover is slightly bowed. Interior of book is in very nice condition, but overall book is in good plus condition. Dust jacket has a small tear and crease at top of spine, and is in good plus condition. Small 4to, 190 pages, 2.1 lb.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 190 pages; Signed by Illustrator.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket, SIGNED, 8vo, 10 1/4" x 9 1/4." Blue-purple cloth-covered boards in a pictorial (predominantly blue and purple) paper dust jacket. Front panel features a printed photograph of a scenic landscape in the Sierra. Gilt lettering on book spine. White lettering on dust jacket spine. Covers have slight wear to tail of spine and tips, else pristine and intact, binding tight. Dust jacket has slight rubbing and a few bumps on top and bottom edges, else clean and intact. Dust jacket not price-clipped. Pages pristine and intact. Replete with color illustrations and printed photographs. SIGNED by the photographer on title page in black ink: "Scot Miller, 10-1-11." 190 pp., including illustrations and List of Illustrations in back. The 100th Anniversary Illustrated Edition of John Muir's _My First Summer in the Sierra_. Accompanied by beautiful photographs of scenery in the Sierra by photographer Scot Miller. Foreword by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns. Heavy and oversized items may require additional shipping. Signed.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Influential naturalist, author, and co-founder of the Sierra Club, John Muir loved the outdoors. His writings and advocacy for protection of the pristine wilderness of the American west were vital in helping to preserve noted sites of natural beauty including the Yosemite Valley and Sequoia National Park. Muir saw the natural world as a place of spiritual wonder, writing that the National Parks were 'places for rest, inspiration, and prayers.' One of Muir's most endeared works is the 1911 publication, 'My First Summer in Sierra'. Following the American Civil War in the summer of 1869, John Muir signed on with a crew of shepherds to drive a flock of 2,500 sheep to Yosemite National Park at the headwaters of the Merced river. This journey would take Muir through the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Eastern California. 'My First Summer in Sierra' is an account of that experience, one which would inspire many to visit the Yosemite region and has become a classic of environmentalist literature. This edition reproduces all the original illustrations and photographs from the 1911 edition and includes a biographical afterword. 136 pp. Englisch.

N/D. Condition: New. 1. Influential naturalist, author, and co-founder of the Sierra Club, John Muir loved the outdoors. His writings and advocacy for protection of the pristine wilderness of the American west were vital in helping to preserve noted sites of natural beauty including the Yosemite Valley and Sequoia National Park. Muir saw the natural world as a place of spiritual wonder, writing that the National Parks were &ldquoplaces for rest, inspiration, and prayers.&rdquo One of Muir&rsquos most endeared works is the 1911 publication, &ldquoMy First Summer in Sierra&rdquo. Following the American Civil War in the summer of 1869, John Muir signed on with a crew of shepherds to drive a flock of 2,500 sheep to Yosemite National Park at the headwaters of the Merced river. This journey would take Muir through the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Eastern California. &ldquoMy First Summer in Sierra&rdquo is an account of that experience, one which would inspire many to visit the Yosemite region and has become a classic of environmentalist literature. This edition reproduces all the original illustrations and photographs from the 1911 edition and includes a biographical afterword. - Libro bajo demanda.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 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. Signed by Author(s).