Desirable first edition of John Muir's first book, noteworthy for its descriptions of adventures the Sierra Nevada and other California mountains: The Mountains of California. First edition, first printing. NY: The Century Co., 1894. Hardcover bound in the publisher's original light brown cloth, front board and spine lettered in gilt, 5.25 x 7.75, 381 pages. Book condition: VG/None, with edgewear to the rear board, a few small stains to boards, foxing to endpapers, and a contemporary gift inscription by noted naturalist Henry Wetherbee Henshaw on the first free end page.
