Title
Picturesque California: The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope.
Files
Kimes Entry Number
191
Original Date
1-1-1894
Publication
Picturesque California: The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope. New York and San Francisco: The J. Dewing Company, [1894, c. 1894].
Page/Column
508 pp.
Size/Description
illus., 38 cm
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Picturesque California: The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope." (1894). John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes, 1986 (Muir articles 1866-1986). 215.
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William and Maymie Kimes Annotation
Edition: ""California Series"" issued serially Jan. 1-0ct. 8, 1894. Illus.: photoengravings. Price: $25.00 The 1894 edition of this publication was issued in two formats (see no. 192), sequence unknown. Parts. l- 7 were issued bi-weekly; 8-32 were issued weekly. On the cover of Part I is the imprint: The J. Dewing Company, Publishers, New York and San Francisco; on all others is: The J. Dewing Company, Publishers, San Francisco and New York. On the inside of each front cover is imprinted: ""A limited number of plate proofs on Imperial Japan, India and Satin, and artist proofs to subscribers at special prices."" The partial set of the California Series, at the Henry E. Huntington Library, Part 7, April I, 18_94, (as well as several others) has the notice: ""Proposition from our leading merchants."" Merchants will give ""one of a certain volume of the work, free, when a customer purchases $1.00 worth of goods from him for cash."" Twelve San Francisco merchants are listed; available from each are three different issues. The notice indicates that 36 parts would be available; however, not more than 32 were printed. Title page and ""Contents"" were issued with Part 32. Muir's contributions are: I. ""Peaks and Glaciers of the High Sierra"" pp. [1]-22; 2. ""The Passes of the High Sierra"" pp. [23]-46; 3. ""The Yosemite Valley"" pp. [65]-117; 4. �Mount Shasta pp. [193]-232; 5. ""Washington and Puget Sound"" pp. [ 427]458; 6. ""The Basin of the Columbia River, pp. [ 459]-498. For cross references, see no. 167. . . Muir's article ""Alaska"" which is found in all 1888 editions, is omitted in the 1894 editions. No. 191 was later issued under another title; see no. 196.