In the Heart of the Sierras: The Yo Semite Valley, both Historical and Descriptive and Scenes by the Way…
Published by Published at the Old Cabin and at the Pacific Press Publishing House,, Yo Semite Valley & Oakland, CA:, 1888
- Hardcover
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Seller: Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books, ABAA, Florham Park, NJ, U.S.A.Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books, ABAA
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4to, full leather, gilt lettering and gilt edges, illustrated with 28 photo -typo plates by Britton & Rey (including frontispiece of the Sierras"), numerous wood engravings, including plates after photographs and paintings, and two maps (one folding), [4]. xii, 13-496 pp .Binding with wear to joints and edges, mild scuffing, hinges repaired, stain to top edge, occasionally creeping into top margin, folding map with a long repaired tear, scattered soiling and occasional pale foxmarks, stains to pages 132-133, and one of the wood engraved plates, ownership signatures; otherwise very good. Deluxe issue in full leather. Portrait of Hutchings engraved in wood, and over 150 illustrations in total. Hutchings was a pioneer of the tourist industry in Yosemite, and one of the first to visit there in the winter. According to Farquhar, In the heart of the Sierras was Hutchings' crown publishing achievement and ".contains a great deal more.than the account of Hutchings personal experiences; it covers more fully than any other work of the its day every aspect of Yosemite Valley and the Big Trees that could be considered of general interest to visitors." Cowan p.299. Currey & Krusta 175. Farquhar 18b.…
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- Title
- In the Heart of the Sierras: The Yo Semite Valley, both Historical and Descriptive and Scenes by the Way…
- Author
- Hutchings, J.M.
- Publisher
- Published at the Old Cabin and at the Pacific Press Publishing House,, Yo Semite Valley & Oakland, CA:
- Publication year
- 1888
- Binding
- Hardcover
Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books, ABAA
Florham Park, NJ, U.S.A.
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