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[2], xxxii, 279 pp. Illustrated with plates from photographs & from sketches by Muir; map; hand-colored photogravure frontispiece with printed tissue guard. (8vo) original cloth-backed boards, morocco spine label, dust jacket, slipcase with illustrated label. No. 393 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 and 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" and 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.