A THOUSAND-MILE WALK TO THE GULF: Edited by William Frederic Bade
by Muir, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75908
- Title
- A THOUSAND-MILE WALK TO THE GULF: Edited by William Frederic Bade
- Author
- Muir, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1916
- Keywords
- California, Western Americana, Yosemite, Natural History, Nature Writing, Naturalists, Travel, Environmentalism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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