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  • First Edition of John Muir's The Story of My Boyhood and Youth; in the rare original dust jacket

    MUIR, John.

    The Story of My Boyhood and Youth.

    Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913.

    First edition, first issue of Muir's autobiography of his youth with the 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) . Octavo, original illustrated green cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Muir, illustrated. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition.

    Price: $2,250.00     Item Number: 126377

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