Ending Aug 15, 2023 10:35 EST

Rare Books, Autographs & Maps

 
  Lot 36
 

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MUIR, JOHN [edited by] LINNIE MARSH WOLFE. John of the Mountains. The Unpublished Journals of John Muir.

Estate / Collection: The Property of a New England Family

MUIR, JOHN [edited by] LINNIE MARSH WOLFE. John of the Mountains. The Unpublished Journals of John Muir. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1938. First edition, signed by the author's daughter, Wanda Muir Hanna, and the book's editor, Linnie Marsh Wolfe, on the front free endpaper, with a manuscript leaf from John Muir's journal laid in. Publisher's cloth, dust jacket. 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches (21.25 x 14 cm); xxii, [2], 459 pp., frontispiece and plates after photographs. Light wear, jacket with light rubbing, spotting, and fading, small edge chips and tears, some pale spotting to endpapers and first and last few leaves, a few leaves unopened, gift inscription dated 1938 on front free endpaper.

One of the few copies of John Muir's posthumously published journals to include a manuscript leaf from the journal, as well as the autographs of his daughter and the book's editor. This leaf contains an elegant passage by the author, where he encounters a waterfall on the San Joaquin River, perhaps Rainbow Falls.

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Estimated at $800 - $1,200

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Estate / Collection: The Property of a New England Family

MUIR, JOHN [edited by] LINNIE MARSH WOLFE. John of the Mountains. The Unpublished Journals of John Muir. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1938. First edition, signed by the author's daughter, Wanda Muir Hanna, and the book's editor, Linnie Marsh Wolfe, on the front free endpaper, with a manuscript leaf from John Muir's journal laid in. Publisher's cloth, dust jacket. 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches (21.25 x 14 cm); xxii, [2], 459 pp., frontispiece and plates after photographs. Light wear, jacket with light rubbing, spotting, and fading, small edge chips and tears, some pale spotting to endpapers and first and last few leaves, a few leaves unopened, gift inscription dated 1938 on front free endpaper.

One of the few copies of John Muir's posthumously published journals to include a manuscript leaf from the journal, as well as the autographs of his daughter and the book's editor. This leaf contains an elegant passage by the author, where he encounters a waterfall on the San Joaquin River, perhaps Rainbow Falls.

Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, ending Aug 15, 2023

  • Successful Auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on August 15, 2023
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NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle held a successful auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on August 15, 2023. Offered was a summer miscellany of sporting material, Americana, fine bindings, literature, autographs, maps and more!
 

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