(#172641) THE MUIR GLACIER[,] ALASKA. Alaska, Muir Glacier.

THE MUIR GLACIER[,] ALASKA. Philadelphia: Printed for the Society by the American Printing House, n.d. [1889?]. Octavo, pp. [1-3] 4-22 [23-24: blank] + tipped in leaf of ads, 2 maps, publisher's buff wrappers printed in black, sewn. First edition. Issued as "Society of Alaskan Natural History and Ethnology, Bulletin No. 2." A paper on the Muir Glacier based on a month of field work in the summer of 1886. "The main scientific results were contributed to the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE for January, 1887, which by request of Dr. Sheldon Jackson, United States General Agent of Education in Alaska, is hereby reproduced with some additions for the benefit of tourists" (p. 4). Wickersham 3809. A fine copy. (#172641).

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