John Muir. 
 
The Century Co.: 1911. Hardcover. Octavo. Ninth edition. A few bumps on the crown and heel of the spine and corners of the boards. A red dot of a stain and a line of a pen mark on the front board, as seen above. Small bump on the joint of the spine and the front board. Gilt top stain. A few pencils markings on the attached end paper. 389 pages. Very good.
 
That cover design rightly announces the mighty subject. But Muir set the mold for nature writing, and such a writer focuses as much on the small as the immense. See, for instance, the chapters on the squirrel and the water-ouzel, with Muir moving back and forth between rapture and info, alongside sections on the largest trees on earth and thunderstorms. 
 
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.”