Sep 27, 2018 - Sale 2486

Sale 2486 - Lot 239

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Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
INSCRIBED BY KING TO A KEY PARTICIPANT (CALIFORNIA.) King, Clarence. Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada. [6], 292 pages. 8vo, modern 1/2 morocco; minor foxing; tasteful restoration to fore-edges of flyleaf and title page, otherwise minimal wear; author's gift inscription on flyleaf, with calling cards of Samuel Franklin Emmons and a Mrs. Hobson laid in. Boston, 1872
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first edition, first issue. The inscription reads "Dear Emmons, Shasta was our mountain, when you think of it, think too of your comrade, King." King's account of the ascent of Mount Shasta appears on pages 230-245, accompanied by a party of 4 including his longtime assistant Samuel Franklin Emmons (1841-1911), a Harvard graduate and notable geologist for whom several mountains and glaciers are named. Cowan 1933, page 328; Howes K148; Zamorano Eighty 47.