ADVENTURES IN THE WILDERNESS; OR, CAMP-LIFE IN THE ADIRONDACKS. Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., Successors to Ticknor and Fields, 1869. 18x11.8 cm (12mo), pp. [i-v] vi [7] 8 [9] 10-236 [237-240: ads], eight inserted plates, publisher's pictorial green cloth stamped in gold and ruled in blind, brown coated endpapers. First edition, first printing. The book that sparked interest in the Adirondacks as a popular eastern vacation destination. "William Henry Harrison Murray (1840–1904), also known as 'Adirondack' Murray, was an American clergyman and author of an influential series of articles and books which popularized the Adirondack Mountains in Upstate New York" (Wikipedia). Plum 7327. See Donaldson I, pp. 190-201. A tight, bright, very good copy. (#179156).
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