Bidspirit auction | 1911. Muir, John. My First

1911. Muir, John. My First Summer in the Sierra. Houghton Mifflin Company. First Edition. - This first edition hardcover volume by naturalist John Muir is published by Houghton Mifflin Company and printed by The Riverside Press, Cambridge. The octavo book is bound in the original dark green publisher's cloth featuring a decorative pictorial design on the front cover in gold and light green depicting a forest and mountain landscape. The title page is dated 1911 and states the work includes illustrations from drawings made by the author in 1869 and photographs by Herbert W. Gleason. The volume contains numerous full-page photographic plates and line drawings integrated with the text, including a view of Tenaya Lake on page 263. The text block is designed with a gilt top edge and deckled side and bottom edges. A purple oval ink stamp for a Circulating Library in Westport, New York, is present on the title page, marked with the handwritten number 4352. The page facing the title page lists Muir's other published works, including Stickeen and Our National Parks. 8.25 x 5.75 inches. The volume is in fair to good condition. The exterior shows visible shelf wear with rubbing to the boards and dulled gilt on the spine. The corners are bumped and frayed, exposing the underlying boards. There is significant rubbing at the spine ends and a notable scrape resulting in a loss of cloth on the lower portion of the spine. Internally, the binding is secure, though the joints show some softening. The title page bears a library ink stamp and handwritten number. The pages exhibit minor toning consistent with age but remain generally clean.