Sale 654: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography (#654) 10/04/2018 11:00 AM PDT CLOSED!

Back to list
View full catalog for Sale 654: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography
Ask a question
Add to watchlist
Tell a friend
Lot 124 of 517:
Inscribed with signature by John Muir  

Click image to enlarge
Similar Items
Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$3,300
Estimate:
$1,000 - $1,500

Title:
The Story of My Boyhood and Youth - inscribed

Author:
Muir, John

Place:
Boston

Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Company

Date:
1913

Description:

vi, [2], 294 pp. Illustrated with 9 plates from photographs, plus a frontispiece photogravure portrait of Muir with his facsimile signature and a tissue-guard. 8vo. Gilt-lettered pictorial green cloth, top edge gilt. First Edition, First Issue.

Inscribed by John Muir "To Carlotta Sawyer with sincere regards. Martinez, June, 1913". First issue with biting criticism of his neighbor's treatment of his son on p. 217: "...none was bold enough or kind enough to break the blacksmith's jaw." Kimes 315. With Carlotta Sawyer's bookplate.


Lot Amendments

Condition:
Light bumps at spine ends and corners; offsetting from frontispiece onto title page, mild toning to edges; near fine.


 
Item number:
298343
Shipping info:

We have a full service shipping department to ensure proper packing and safe delivery of purchases at reasonable cost. We are specialists at packing and shipping books and works on paper.   All lots purchased by the same client are combined for shipping in order to keep the cost as economical as possible.  Our preferred method for domestic shipments is UPS Ground but we can also ship via FedEx or USPS Priority Mail. We do NOT ship USPS Media Mail under any circumstances.For international orders we select the most appropriate carrier depending on the value and weight of the items purchased.  We are happy to accommodate special arrangements by request.

Invoices are sent out the day following the auction and include a minimum $10 handling fee plus actual shipping and insurance charges.

Shipping estimates can be obtained  by contacting [email protected] prior to the auction.

 

Terms and conditions

CONTRACTS

All accepted bids are contracts and are considered final and non withdrawable.

BUYER'S PREMIUM

A buyer's premium of 20% will be applied to all purchases.

ONLINE BIDDING

The person posting the bids online has to be the person who has registered for the auction.

 
Other lots in this sale:
<<>>