A THOUSAND MILE WALK TO THE GULF: Edited by William Frederic Bade
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Account of Muir's journey from the University of Wisconsin to his first summer in the Sierra, consisting of his journal of the walk ending in San Francisco, an excerpt from a letter detailing his first excursion in California to Yosemite, and an essay expressing his appreciation for the low hills of the great Central Valley. Octavo: xxviii, 220 p. with a frontispiece and 12 plates. Original green cloth binding, with a color reproduction of a painting by Miss Amelia M. Watson inset on the front board and titles in white. Partially uncut. The spine is a darkened a bit, with some rubbing to the white titles; else an especially crisp example. Kimes 340. Very Good. Item #75642
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