Title: The Cruise of the Corwin. Author: Muir, John Place: Boston & New York Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co. Date: 1917 Description: [2], xxxii, 279 pp. Illustrated with plates from photographs & from sketches by Muir, map, & hand-colored photogravure frontispiece with printed tissue guard. 9x6, half cloth & boards, morocco spine label. Jacket. No. 210 of 550 large paper copies. First Edition. A compilation of 21 letters Muir sent to the San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin describing his adventures as the geology & botany specialist aboard the steamer "Thomas Corwin" in 1881. The expedition to Alaska was actually to search for clues in the disappearance of the steamer "Jeanette" & 2 whalers that had been missing since 1879, but as the Polar region was relatively unexplored, it was also a scientific expedition in which Muir played a significant role. Edited by William Frederic Bade. Kimes 347. Lot Amendments Condition: Mild sunning to spine; corners a bit chipped, else near fine in fairly edgeworn jacket. Item number: 171384
Title: The Cruise of the Corwin. Author: Muir, John Place: Boston & New York Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co. Date: 1917 Description: [2], xxxii, 279 pp. Illustrated with plates from photographs & from sketches by Muir, map, & hand-colored photogravure frontispiece with printed tissue guard. 9x6, half cloth & boards, morocco spine label. Jacket. No. 210 of 550 large paper copies. First Edition. A compilation of 21 letters Muir sent to the San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin describing his adventures as the geology & botany specialist aboard the steamer "Thomas Corwin" in 1881. The expedition to Alaska was actually to search for clues in the disappearance of the steamer "Jeanette" & 2 whalers that had been missing since 1879, but as the Polar region was relatively unexplored, it was also a scientific expedition in which Muir played a significant role. Edited by William Frederic Bade. Kimes 347. Lot Amendments Condition: Mild sunning to spine; corners a bit chipped, else near fine in fairly edgeworn jacket. Item number: 171384
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