The mountains by Stewart Edward White ... Illustrated by Fernand Lungren. New York: McClure, Phillips & Company, 1904. 21.3x14.3 cm (octavo), pp. [1-12], [1-2] 3-282 [283-284: blank] [note: first two and last leaves are blanks], sixteen inserted plates with illustrations, one in color, by Fernand Lungren, title page printed in orange and black, original green cloth, front cover stamped in white, tan and black, spine panel stamped in gold, t.e.g., bottom edge rough trimmed. First edition. A fictional narrative based upon the 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. Early owner's signature on front free endpaper. Mild tanning to spine panel, a clean, tight, very good copy. (#110753).
Price: $100.00
"Published October, 1904" on copyright page.