FIRST EDITION STEWART EDWARD WHITE 1904 THE MOUNTAIN FERNAND LUNGREN ILLS SIERRA

FIRST EDITION STEWART EDWARD WHITE 1904 THE MOUNTAIN FERNAND LUNGREN ILLS SIERRA (image 3/[null, null, null, null])

FIRST EDITION STEWART EDWARD WHITE 1904 THE MOUNTAIN FERNAND LUNGREN ILLS SIERRA (image 4/[null, null, null, null])

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FIRST EDITION STEWART EDWARD WHITE 1904 THE MOUNTAIN FERNAND LUNGREN ILLS SIERRADescription:Up For Sale Today isThe MountainsbyStewart Edward Whiteillustrated byFernand LungrenHardcover. 8vo. McClure, Phillips & Company. 1904. 282 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing.Bound in decorated cloth boards. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Foxing Present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid.Fictional narrative based upon author's actual mountain experiences in Yosemite Valley, the High Sierra of the San Joaquin and Kings rivers, Giant Forest, and elsewhere in the Sierra Nevada and California's coast ranges. Contains practical advice on packing, wilderness travel, camp life, fishing and hunting. Francis P. Farquhar, "The Literature of the High Sierra," Book Club of California Quarterly News-Letter, (December 1934), page 8, comments: ". White's books: THE MOUNTAINS (1904), THE PASS (1906), THE CABIN (1911), are full of the spirit of the High Sierra and should certainly be on the list" of books on the Sierra back country to be included in a well-chosen library.FROM WIKIPEDIA:Stewart Edward White was an American writer, novelist, and spiritualist. He was a brother of noted mural painter Gilbert White.From about 1900 until about 1922 he wrote fiction and non-fiction about adventure and travel, with an emphasis on natural history and outdoor living. Starting in 1922 he and his wife Elizabeth "Betty" Grant White wrote numerous books they say were received through channelling with spirits. They also wrote of their travels around the state of California. White died in Hillsborough, California.White's books were popular at a time when America was losing its vanishing wilderness. He was a keen observer of the beauties of nature and human nature, yet could render them in a plain-spoken style. Based on his own experience, whether writing camping journals or Westerns, he included pithy and fun details about cabin-building, canoeing, logging, gold-hunting, and guns and fishing and hunting. He also interviewed people who had been involved in the fur trade, the California gold rush and other pioneers which provided him with details that give his novels verisimilitude. He salted in humor and sympathy for colorful characters such as canny Indian guides and "greenhorn" campers who carried too much gear. White also illustrated some of his books with his own photographs, while some of his other books, were illustrated by artists, such as the American Western painter Fernand Lungren for "The Mountains" and "Camp and Trail". Theodore Roosevelt wrote that White was "the best man with both pistol and rifle who ever shot" at Roosevelt's rifle range at Sagamore Hill.In 1927 the Boy Scouts of America made White an Honorary Scout, a new category of Scout created that same year. This distinction was given to "American citizens whose achievements in outdoor activity, exploration and worthwhile adventure are of such an exceptional character as to capture the imagination of boys...".Book formats and corresponding sizes Name Abbreviations Leaves Pages Approximate cover size (width × height) inches cm folio 2º or fo 2 4 12 × 19 30 × 48 quarto 4º or 4to 4 8 9½ × 12 24 × 30 octavo 8º or 8vo 8 16 6 × 9 15 × 23 duodecimo or twelvemo 12º or 12mo 12 24 5 × 7⅜ 12.5 × 19 sextodecimo or sixteenmo 16º or 16mo 16 32 4 × 6¾ 10 × 17 octodecimo or eighteenmo 18º or 18mo 18 36 4 × 6½ 10 × 16 trigesimo-secundo or thirty-twomo 32º or 32mo 32 64 3½ × 5½ 9 × 14 quadragesimo-octavo or forty-eightmo 48º or 48mo 48 96 2½ × 4 6.5 × 10 sexagesimo-quarto or sixty-fourmo 64º or 64mo 64 128 2 × 3 5 × 7.5ALL ITEMS ARE DESCRIBED TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY!PLEASE CHECK ALL THE PHOTOSBEFORE BIDDING. IF THE DESCRIPTION AND THE PHOTOS DO NOT MATCH THE PHOTOS TAKE PRECEDENCE!IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION PLEASE ASK BEFORE THE END OF THE AUCTIONALL ITEMS ARE PACKED IN A WATERPROOF CUSTO... read more

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