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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
Muir, John (1838-1914) A group of five titles.
1) The Mountains of California. New York: The Century Co., 1894. First edition, first issue with "1" on first page of text, octavo, frontispiece and numerous illustrations throughout; original tan publisher's pictorial cloth stamped with gilt and green, top edge gilt; a few minor stains, spine caps just pushed; 7 5/8 x 5 1/8 in. BAL 14746. Ex libris Stanley DeForest Scott (1926-2023, nameplate with note "We hope that you will enjoy reading this book" in blue ink).
2) Our National Parks. Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1901. First edition, octavo, frontispiece, map and ten plates; original green publisher's cloth stamped with gold and green, top edge gilt; lacking original dust jacket, splatter stains to front board, light edgewear; 8 x 5 3/8 in. BAL 14752. Presentation inscription to a Judge A.N. Waterman of San Francisco dated December 25th, 1901, inked on front free flyleaf.
3) The Story of my Boyhood and Youth. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. First edition, octavo, frontispiece photogravure portrait of Muir with his facsimile signature in lower margin and eight plates from photographs inserted; original dark green publisher's cloth stamped with gilt and green, top edge gilt; lacking original dust jacket, spine caps just pushed, but overall, a bright, fresh copy; 8 x 5 3/8 in. BAL 14768. Presentation inscription to an "E. Dalett" dated Christmas 1913.
4) Steep Trails. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918. First edition, octavo, half-title, frontispiece and eleven plates; a few gatherings unopened; original gray publisher's cloth printed with white, color-print pasted to front board, top edge gilt; a bit dulled, corners bumped, endpapers foxed; 8 x 5 1/2 in. BAL 14777.
5) Hall S. Young's Alaska Days with John Muir. New York, et al.: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1915. First edition, octavo, frontispiece and twelve photographic plates; original blue publisher's cloth stamped with white and gray; spine dull, corners lightly bumped, a few faded minor stains to front board; 7 3/8 x 5 in. Ferdinand B. Brigham (inked presentation inscription from his wife Minnie A.M. Tatem, dated Christmas 1922). (5)
From the Library of the late Stanley DeForest Scott, sold to benefit the Library of the Grolier Club.
