Writings of John Muir The Manuscript Edition complete in ten Limited Signed 1924

Description: The Writings of John Muir: The Manuscript Edition (complete in ten volumes) Author: MUIR, John Title: The Writings of John Muir: The Manuscript Edition (complete in ten volumes) Publication: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1916-1924 Edition: Limited Edition Description: Limited Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo, ten volumes. A crisp, clean, very good set in the publisher's green buckram. Filled with halftone and phorogravure illustrations, with photogravure frontispieces in each volume, along with printed tissue guards. Green cloth spines are inevitably evenly faded to a similar brown. Some mild to moderate dampstaining affects the bases of two volumes, though the internal contents are entirely unaffected. An unread set, with nearly all gatherings unopened. The brown leather spine labels show mild chipping and dryness, but they are unfaded and rather well-preserved. This is one of 750 limited sets which includes a tipped-in manuscript leaf in Muir's hand. This particular one contains an fragment from a draft of "The Mountains of California," chapter four, "A Near View of the High Sierra." The leaf reads, "[...]with larkspurs, lupines, + showy columbines; the whole forming brautiful vase-like adornments upon the rigid rockwaves. Here a few birds find a most-grateful[...]." There are some pencil corrections in Muir's own hand, some of which are barely legible. However, one of these was an edit which made it into the final version, beginning "In these bits of leafiness..." (see same paragraph of the final published version). Muir's complete writings were issued in several editions and bindings by Houghton Mifflin in the decade following his death, but the manuscript edition is naturally the finest. Despite its noted flaws, nevertheless a minimally handled, complete, and appealing set. Most recent auction records are quite strong for this set, usually selling beyond the high estimate. Very good. Seller ID: 9329 Subject: Natural HistoryCleveland Book Company Lakewood, OH As a small, independent bookseller in Cleveland, Ohio, I deal in general used, rare, and antiquarian books, autographs, manuscripts, pamphlets, and personal and family papers in all subjects. My family has been in the antiquarian book business since 1971. Guarantee All items may be returned within 30 days, with a full refund including shipping costs if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. Shipping All books shipped to US destinations by USPS Media Mail. Delivery typically takes 5 to 14 days, but may be longer, especially during the holidays. Tracking is provided on all domestic shipments. Expedited and international shipping is available, please contact us for a price quote BEFORE placing an order. We are happy to combine shipping on multiple items. Payment We prefer PayPal. Feedback We leave feedback after receiving buyer's feedback. If you are unhappy with your order for any reason, please contact us before leaving feedback, and we will resolve the problem! We take pride in our business and make every attempt to describe each item in our inventory accurately according to the highest standards of the rare book trade.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

Price: 6463 USD

Location: Lakewood, Ohio

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