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Agreement, made the--twentv-ninth----day o -......July......1901between------------John Muir...................................of-------------Martinez,
California------------------------and HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY, of the City of Boston, Publishers. 1. Said------------Muir-----------------hereby
grants and assignsto Houghton, Mifflin and Company a work, the subject or title of which is----------------------------OUR
NATIONAL PARKS---------------------with all translations, abridgments, selections, and rights therefor of said work, or parts
thereof, with exclusive right and power, in their own name, or in the name of said----------Muir- -------to take out copyright
thereof, copyright.and any renewal of the same, and publish said work during the term of said copyright, in all languages
; said---------------Muir------------------guaranteeing that-----he-----is sole owner of said work, and has full power to
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claim by reason of any such violation of another copyright, or any scandalous or libellous matter in said work. 2. Houghton,
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to pay Publication.said------------------ Muir, his---------- -----representative or assigns,----ten-----per cent, on their
trade-list (retail) price for each copy Author royalty. by them sold until two thousand have been sold, and fifteen per cent
on all sold over and above that number.The trade-list(retail) price, on which said percentage shall be paid, shall be that
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paid thereon to said-----------Ifelg-----------shall be--------five----------per cent. on the trade list (retail) price.
3. Houghton, Mifflin and Company may publish, or permit others to publish, such selections from said work as they think proper
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parties hereto. 02879