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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 240 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 187 pages. 8.75x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Original Printed Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1911. First Edition. January, 1911 Issue [Vol. VIII, No.1 ]. Original printed wrappers, 9 3/4" x 6 1/4"; 88 pp. + numerous unpaginated photographic plates, other features, and ads. Very, very Near Fine, certainly one of the nicest examples available from this early in the series. Very minute traces of handling, not even any of the typical issues with the overextending circuit binding (yapp binding). See scan. Clean, sturdy, handsome, bright. Everything we all aspire to be. See scans. The scan of the contents page lays out the array of always-inspired articles (Cathedral Peak; Tuolumne; Yosemite Valley; Kings River; Gray-Crowned Leucosticte; Mount Kinabalu (Borneo); Red Peak; Mountain Meadows; "Light Burning",and more) and their authors: John Muir, Francois E. Matthes, R.L. Glisan, F.W. Foxworthy, S.L. Foster, Milton S. Ray, Harold C. Bradley, F.E. Olmsted, and Marion Randall Parsons. The photographs for which the publications has long been famous were executed, for this issue, by Herbert W. Gleason, E.T. Parsons, M.V. Tenney, Edward Gray, H.E. Bailey, W.P. Boland, P.S. Bernays, C.C. Clarke, C.H. Hamilton, C.W. Pohlman, Mabel Sykes, R.L. Glisan, Arthur Gray, and Geo. W. Hall. with a large number of uncredited shots as well. Very difficult issue to find in this condition. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box, of course; not a bag. L SC-2. Herbert W. Gleason, E.T. Parsons, M.V. Tenney, Edward Gray, H.E. Bailey, W.P. Boland, P.S. Bernays, C.C. Clarke, C.H. Hamilton, C.W. Pohlman, Mabel Sykes, R.L. Glisan, Arthur Gray, Geo. W. Hall (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Issued Without Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. In 1899, wealthy railroad magnate Edward Harriman arranged for a maritime expedition to Alaska. Harriman brought with him an elite community of scientists, artists, photographers, and naturalists to explore and document the Alaskan coast. The Harriman Alaska expedition explored the coast of Alaska for two months, from Seattle to Siberia and back again. Two volume set. 39 chromo-lithographs, 85 photogravure plates, including 45 by Edward S. Curtis, 240 figures, 5 maps. Original gilt-stamped green cloth. No dustjackets. Vol 1, 183 pp; Vol 2, 383 pp. All pages, maps and illustrations present; all protected by tissue guards. Bit of shelf wear to the bottom edges of the text block. . No library stamps or any indication that the books were circulated. This is a beautiful first edition set of an important book in the history of travel and exploration. Vol II has a very slight spine lean but is otherwise in near fine condition as is Vol I.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Hardcover. This handsome and rather uncommon set of fairy tales was published as a limited edition of 2500 copies. However, these three volumes are identified by a blind stamp on the colophon stating that they are "One of 15 copies for presentation out of series." Each of the volumes has the initials JH as the copy number, and the bookplate of Jean Hersholt is present in each volume. Dick Whittington is also signed by Hersholt and its illustrator Robert Lawson. Hersholt, perhaps best known for his role as Shirley Temple's grandfather in Heidi (1937), appeared in over one hundred films, directed several films, won a Golden Globe Award, and was nominated for an Academy Award. He was also an eminent collector of books by Hans Christian Andersen and translated many of Andersen's fairy tales into English. Each volume is hardbound in cloth with a decorative ornament and title on the cover and title to spine. Beauty is bound in blue, Dick Whittington in orange, and Saint George in pale blue-gray. The volumes are in near fine condition save for a very light musty smell and a small stain to the margin along last page of text in Beauty. They have the original glassine jackets with minor chipping and wrinkling. The books are housed in a red paper covered slipcase. The slipcase is a bit rubbed, and has a faded half-inch streak along the front edge. Jackets and slipcase are in very good condition. Books measure 8 x 12 inches. Beauty: 45 pages; Dick Whittington: 37 pages; Saint George: 76 pages. CHILD/103023. Signed. …

Condition: Good. Folio. 34 x 47cm. Original gilt morocco with all edges gilt, with restorations. Marbled endpapers. 478 text pages and and 120 hors text plates. 5 volumes. Stamped with the name of an original subscriber? Mrs. R. McElroy. Fine condition. OCLC Number 36006168. Very heavy.Note from the Sierra Club: Picturesque California was an 1888 elephant folio edited by John Muir, published by the J. Dewing Publishing company, featuring over 600 etchings, photogravures, and wood etchings, 700 additional illustrations in the text, and 120 tinted plates. The original work was sold by subscription and was distributed monthly in thirty parts. Muir wrote six of the articles, which we provide here:ContentsPeaks and Glaciers of the High Sierra (by John Muir)The Passes of the High Sierra (by John Muir);A Glimpse of Monterey (by J. R. Fitch);The Yosemite Valley (by John Muir);Totokonulu (poem by J. Vance Cheney);A Visit to the Lick Observatory (by Edward S. Holden);About the Bay of San Francisco (by W. C. Bartlett);Game Regions of the Upper Sacramento (by Joaquin Miller);The Heart of Southern California (by Jeanne C. Carr);Mount Shasta (by John Muir);Southernmost California (by T. S. Van Dyke);North of the Golden Gate (by Kate Field);Early California Mining and the Argonauts (by Joaquin Miller);The Santa Clara Valley and Santa Cruz Mountains (by George Hamlin Fitch);The San Joaquin Valley (by Joaquin Miller);The Foothill Region of the Northern Coast Range (by Charles Howard Shinn);The New City by the Great Sea--San Francisco (by Joaquin Miller);On the Height (poem by J. Vance Cheney);The Sacramento Valley (by John P. Irish);The Tule Region (by Charles Howard Shinn);Monterey to Ventura (by WIlliam L. Ogle);The Plain of Oaks (by Albert E. Gray);The Land of the Redwoods (by Charles Howard Shinn);Washington and the Puget Sound (by John Muir);The Basin of the Columbia River (by John ;Muir);The Canadian Rockies (by Ernest Ignersoll).Bibliographic InformationOriginally published as thirty parts, then ten, and finally as two volumes (J. Dewing and Company: 1888-1890). Reprinted as West of the Rocky Mountains (Philadelphia: Running Press, 1976). Chapters 10, 24, and 25 were reprinted in Chapters 3-5, 17-20, and 21-23, respectively, of Steep Trails.…