Description
First edition, second state of Our National Parks by John Muir, in the publisher’s scarce dust jacket.
Octavo, [10], 382pp. Green cloth, title in gilt on spine, gilt illustration on cover. Stated “Published November 1901” on copyright page. This is the second state, with the pagination continuing past 372pp. Solid text block, faint spotting to covers. In the publisher’s dust jacket, price-clipped, sunned spine, a few losses to corners and edges of spine. Complete with frontispiece with tissue cover and 11 illustrations by Muir. (BAL 14752)
John Muir was a Scottish-American naturalist and environmentalist whose work was instrumental in the early conservation movement in the United States. He founded the Sierra Club in 1892, advocating for the preservation of wilderness areas such as Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks. Other works by Muir include: The Mountains of California, My First Summer in the Sierra, The Yosemite, Travels in Alaska, A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf, and The Story of My Boyhood and Youth.
