Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Size: 8vo
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1915, New York

[Book #14692]

A beautiful copy of 2,640 copies of this First Edition/First Printing of the Trade Format in about Fine condition. BAL 14771. Colored half-tone illustration on front cover clean and bright, little signs of rubbing, original tissue guard present, top edges gilt;

John Muir's tales of adventure and exploration in Alaska elevate this travelogue to the rank of literature. Muir first went to Alaska in 1879 and over the next thirty years compiled pages of notes he slowly worked into this book he called Travels in Alaska. To quote Muir, " I care only to entice people to look at Nature's loveliness. "