"It was the month of June, the month when . . . lovers, subject to the same force which reawakens the plants, feel their hearts open again, recall past trusts and past vows, and moments of tenderness, and yearn for a renewal of the magical awareness which is love." —Sir Thomas Malory
Check out a few books on the outdoors and nature with some writings of John Muir.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good Hardcovers. Badé was commissioned in 1915 as literary executor of Muir's estate, and he immediately began to collect Muir letters of copies of letters, accumulating nearly two thousand in all. Muir was a prolific letter-writer.According to his daughter, his.....
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1896. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. A classic account of Alpine sport, mostly in the Austrian Alps including chamois-stalking, stag, roebuck, and other big game. "Sport in the Alps is altogether one of the most complete existing accounts of a fascinating subject.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1871. First Edition, First Printing. A Near Fine Hardcover. Is it possible to connect two continents by a telegraph line through Bering Strait? Richard J. Bush thought it was possible even though he encountered challenges such as a sinking ship, shortage of supplies, annoying.....
London: David Bogue, 1848. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. Originally published in 1848, this classic guide provides historical, practical, and invaluable directions for bottom-fishing and trolling. Dive into the depths of angling techniques as Carpenter shares his expertise and insights still relevant to help you become a......
New York: Outing Publishing Company, 1913. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. The author discusses shelter equipment, clothing, food, snowshoeing, skiing, and winter hunting, wildlife in the winter woods, care of frostbite, and more.
Los Angles: The Westerners, Los Angeles Corral, 1974. Illustrations by Holling C. Holling. Limited Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Contents: Western History in 1776: Garces and Escalante in Arizona - Raymund F. Wood / The Jesuit Mission to the Flathead Indians - Gloria Ricci Lothrop / The Golden History of.....
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Los Angeles: The Westerners, Los Angeles Corral, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. A Fine Soft cover. Excerpts from five letters written by Muir to a close friend, Mrs. A. H. Sellers; interesting for John Muir’s thoughts on death. With additional material relating to the club. Book reviews and an article.....
Stockton, CA: The Westerners Stockton Corral, 1976. Limited Edition. Fine Hardcover in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. The Muir Article is Not located in the Kimes bibliography; Valley Trails was published from the 1960s to the 1980s containing local and western history written by local historians. Additionally, no copies are.....
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1901. 15th printing. Olive-green cloth covered boards. Background Information:Ernest Thompson Seton was an English-born Canadian-American author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians in 1902, and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America in 1910. Seton also influenced Lord Baden-Powell, the.....
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1953. A Fine Hardcover in a Very Good Dust Jacket.
London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1846. Illustrations by Alken, Henry. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. Background:Robert Surtees was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer. He left for London in 1825, intending to practice law in the capital, but had difficulty making his way and began contributing to the.....
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, 1913. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. The author writes about numerous hunting trips in the wilderness, in the regions about the author's home and other places. The chapter titles indicate the subjects: Cruising and hunting.....
London: Privately Printed for the Navarre Society, 1925. Etchings by Damman. A Very Good Hardcover. First published in 1653, this literary and nature classic was created by a Londoner with a passion for rustic life. As satisfying a primer on fishing as any angler could wish, it celebrates the art.....