Title: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth Author: Muir, John Place: Boston Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co. 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. First issue with biting criticism of his neighbor's treatment of his half-wit son on p. 217: "...none was bold enough or kind enough to break the blacksmith's jaw." Kimes 315. Lot Amendments Condition: Very light shelf wear, minor rubbing to spine and corners; pen inscription to front free endpaper, else near fine. Item number: 170004
Title: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth Author: Muir, John Place: Boston Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co. 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. First issue with biting criticism of his neighbor's treatment of his half-wit son on p. 217: "...none was bold enough or kind enough to break the blacksmith's jaw." Kimes 315. Lot Amendments Condition: Very light shelf wear, minor rubbing to spine and corners; pen inscription to front free endpaper, else near fine. Item number: 170004
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