David Spilman Fine Books

Son of the Wilderness; The Life of John Muir [Harold C. Bryant copy]

Wolfe, Linnie Marsh, Ed

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Very Good Plus. First Edition, 1st Printing. [8.5x6in], xvii, 364 pp., index xvi, [1], frontispiece image of John Muir, 45 images and illustrations on 16 plates, fold out facsimile letter, bibliography, notes and index, colophon; Light blue cloth covers with stamped gilt lettering on front and spine, gilt designs on spine, top edge blue ink stain, all others untrimmed; Minimal shelf wear to covers edges and corners, light soiling to edges of covers with some fading on front and rear, faded spine, inscription on front fly-leaf " H.C. Bryant from Grace and Horace, 1946", tipped in publisher's prospectus and newspaper review of this book. [Kimes A20-c, Kimes 371 Grasshopper letter]. Item #14356

Linnie Marsh Wolfe (1881-1945) was a librarian and closely associated with the John Muir Association. Wolfe was asked by William Frederic Bade, Literary Executor of John Muir's works, to edit John Muir's unpublished journals.

Dr. Harold C. Bryant (1886-1968) was an American ornithologist and zoologist who served in the US National Park Service and was involved in the establishment of the system of park naturalists. He earned degrees from the University of California, Berkeley and worked in the university's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology from 1910 to 1927. During that period he was also involved with the California Fish and Game Commission, was a lecturer and field trip leader for UC Extension, and summer season ranger-naturalist with the Yosemite National Park. His career with the National Park Service spanned from 1930 to his retirement in 1954.

Price: $120.00