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MUIR, John (1838-1914). The Cruise of the Corwin. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917. 8vo. Illustrated with hand-colored photogravure frontispiece and numerous black and white plates. [xxxii], [1]-[279], [1, blank] pp. Publisher's green buckram backstrip over green boards, gilt green morocco label, publisher's original brown thick paper dust jacket, publisher's brown board slipcase with pictorial label (cloth spine a bit sunned, light offsetting to endleaves; jacket spine toned and chipped, joints torn, lower edge of front jacket panel chipped, some rubbing, soiling to jacket; slipcase with later brown tape reinforcement at all joints, some soiling, wear to pictorial label). A fine copy in a very good jacket in a fair slipcase. FIRST LARGE PAPER EDITION, #194/500 COPIES. Uncommon in the rare jacket and slipcase. A collection of Muir's letters to the San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin detailing the expedition of the steamer Thomas Corwin, detailing the expedition and his role as geologist and botanist. The Thomas Corwin went to Alaska to search for the missing steamer Jeannette and 2 missing whalers, but also engaged in scientific pursuits. Kimes 347.