John of the Mountains; The Unpublished Journals of John Muir

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. First Edition, 1st Printing. Near Fine/Very Good. [8.75x6in], xxii, 459 pp, Eight plates with nine black and white images including frontispiece image of Muir in 1908, index; light gray linen cloth covers with stamped blue lines and red lettering on front and spine, fore-edge untrimmed; Pictorial toned dust jacket with image of John Muir and black lettering on front and spine, reviews of John Muir on rear; Minimal shelf wear to covers edges and corners, slight bleeding of blue ink from printing process on front cover, very light age-toning to text; Dust jacket has small chips and closed tears to top and bottom (truncated) of spine and corners, spine lightly faded, light age-toning and soiling to rear and edges, not priced clipped. [Kimes 379]. Linnie Marsh Wolfe (1881-1945) was a librarian and closely associated with the John Muir Associsation. Wolfe was asked by William Frederic Bade, Literary Executor of John Muir's works, to edit John Muir's unplublished journals. This book was the result of that work. (Inventory #: 14353)