The High Sierra of California
by Snyder, Gary; Tom Killion (signed)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1890771511
- ISBN 13
- 9781890771515
- Seller
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La Grande, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley: Heyday Books, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by both Snyder and Killion on the title page. With a gift inscription at the bottom of the half-title page, below Killion's landscape: "For Leon + Franklin -- 'Who wouldn't be a mountaineer?' Re-visit places in a comfortable armchair! Christmas 2002, Nancy Olmsted." Olmsted was the former editor for the California Explorer newsletter and her papers are held by the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. Laid in is a photocopy of an article that she wrote about Killion (three sheets) for a publication called Discover for the organization Marin Discoveries.
This the first trade edition of a book that Killion printed under his Quail Press in a limited edition of 90 copies. His full-color woodcut prints with Snyder's poems and Sierra journal entires, as well excerpts from John Muir's journals. A stunning production. Snyder and Killion went on to produce two follow up books in this vein about the California coast and Mt. Tamalpais. An oblong quarto, coffee-table style, in beige textured paper boards. An about fine book in a near fine jacket with just a hint of edge wear.
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This the first trade edition of a book that Killion printed under his Quail Press in a limited edition of 90 copies. His full-color woodcut prints with Snyder's poems and Sierra journal entires, as well excerpts from John Muir's journals. A stunning production. Snyder and Killion went on to produce two follow up books in this vein about the California coast and Mt. Tamalpais. An oblong quarto, coffee-table style, in beige textured paper boards. An about fine book in a near fine jacket with just a hint of edge wear.
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- Bookseller
- Rural Hours (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1185
- Title
- The High Sierra of California
- Author
- Snyder, Gary; Tom Killion (signed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 1890771511
- ISBN 13
- 9781890771515
- Publisher
- Heyday Books
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 2002
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Rural Hours
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La Grande, Oregon
About Rural Hours
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