[iii]-xiii, [3], 381 pp. Illustrated with half-tones, 2 maps. (8vo), original tan cloth decorated in green and gilt, top edge gilt. First Edition.
Covering the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Kimes & Kimes states, "The book contains much of Muir's finest writing between 1875 and 1882, and is considered by many Muir admirers to be his finest book." Second issue, without foliation mark "1" at foot of page 1. BAL 14746; Kimes 189; Currey & Kruska 258; Howes M880; Zamorano Eighty 56.