THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOSEPH LE CONTE: Edited by William Dallam Armes

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Posthumously published memoirs of the renowned geologist and teacher whose name and persona were to become closely associated with the University of California, the Sierra Club, and the Sierra Nevada. Le Conte (1823-1901) remains best known for his narrative, A Journal of Ramblings Through the High Sierras of California (1875), and his friendship with naturalist John Muir. Octavo: xvii, [1], 337, [1], [10, ads] pp. with a frontispiece and seven illustrations. Original green cloth binding, with gilt titles. Period previous owner's ink signature and date to the front flyleaf, (truncated) with their occasional pencil marginalia. Horizontal crease to the front flyleaf. The spine is a touch faded, with some wear to the corners and tips; else about very good. (Inventory #: 77866)