10 vols. Various paginations. Illustreated with numerous photogravure & halftone plates, the gravure plates with printed tissue guards. (8vo) original pale green buckram with gilt leather lettering pieces, page edges untrimmed. No. 678 of 750 copies of the Manuscript Edition.

The original manuscript leaf, from Muir's "The Yosemite", reads in part: "No other pine in the ranges is so regularly planted as this one..." Manuscript with several amendments and corrections made by Muir, with words crossed off and later words added. The set comprises: Boyhood and Youth, A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf; My First Summer in the Sierra; Travels in Alaska; The Mountains of California (2 vols.); Our National Parks; The Cruise of the Corwin; Steep Trails; The Life and Letters of John Muir by William Frederic Badè (2 vols.). Kimes 342.