In the Heart of the Sierras. The Yo Semite Valley, Both Historical and Descriptive: And Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves.
by HUTCHINGS, J. M
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Yo Semite Valley: Published at the Old Cabin, Yo Semite Valley , 1888. HUTCHINGS, J. M. In the Heart of the Sierras . The Yo Semite Valley, Both Historical and Descriptive: And Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves. Oakland: Pacific Publishing House, 1888. Second edition. Octavo, [8], xii, [2, map], 14-496 pp. with thirty-one full page plates from photographs (mainly by Taber) and numerous textual illustrations throughout. Large folding map. Publisher's ochre cloth pictorially stamped in gilt and brown, gilt spine and cover lettering, floral endpapers. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown, spine a bit dulled, minor extremity wear. A very good, clean and tight copy. "It covers more fully than any other work of its day every aspect of Yosemite Valley and the Big Trees that could be considered of general interest to visitors. The illustrations are the finest that could be procured at the time" (Farquhar).
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- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72371
- Title
- In the Heart of the Sierras. The Yo Semite Valley, Both Historical and Descriptive: And Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves.
- Author
- HUTCHINGS, J. M
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published at the Old Cabin, Yo Semite Valley
- Place of Publication
- Yo Semite Valley
- Date Published
- 1888
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Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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