Francois E Matthes (43 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fair - Cash. General use wear, surface and edges rubbed. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. Corners are bumped. Cover has creases. Unmarked pages. Top of fore edge has some push marks, has bumps and scuffs all over page edges. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Condition: Good. Good condition. 4th printing. (California, Yosemite Valley, geology, pictorial works) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Soft cover. Condition: Good.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Large octavo. B&W illustrations, map. Fine in fine DJ. Pages: x, 136.

No Binding. Condition: Good. ORIGINAL 1900 Article, disbound from USGS 21st Annual Report; ex-corporate library; missing covers; spine reinforced w/ tape; light creasing of upper corner of leaves; light browning of leaves; o/w in good condition. Book.

Softcover. Condition: Very good. [x], 136p. 2nd printing (1956) Cover edges lightly worn. United States Geological Survey geologist and topographer Matthes created his report on the geologic features of Sequoia National Park in the Sierra Nevada mountains as a pictorial guide in three volumes that could serve as a conducted tour of the area. The contents of the three albums are presented here, edited with minimal changes, and published to make Matthes' work available to all. Includes glossary. B&w illustrations and photographs. (9-3/4"x6-1/2").

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Second Printing '56. Text and images are clean and unmarked. The photo illustrated wrapper shows some general handling, sunning on the spine.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First edition THUS. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Bending and curling to fore edge of covers and page block. Light bumping visible to corners of covers and ends of spine strip. Light creasing visible across spine strip and exterior hinges. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. University of California Press, Berkeley & Los Angeles, 1950. Hardcover, 136 pp. 1st edition. With black & white photo illustrations. Very good with age toning of endpapers, touches of shelf wear at extremities. Dust jacket tattered with general soiling, scuffs and small chips. Original price is intact on jacket flap. Jacket is in a new mylar sleeve.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 21st Ann Rept, US Geol Surv, pp. 167-190+ Dble-page Color Map, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, stapled & trimmed, thus is like a pamphlet, VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 136 pp., Photos, Illus, Orig Blue Hardback, White Spine Title, Near Fine in DJ with edge tearout (in Protective Plastic Cover), 1st ed [Contains 124 Photographs with Interpretations].

ex libris (usual cancellation markings)136pp excellent in very good d/w (sl rubbing, sl tears to extremities).

Heft; Condition: Gut. 20 Seiten mit zahlr. Ill. Der hier angebotene Sonderdruck stammt aus der Separaten-Sammlung einer wissenschaftlichen Bibliothek und trägt einen den Text nicht verdeckenden Stempel. Seiten alters-/papierbedingt angebräunt; ansonsten sehr guter Erhaltungszustand. ENGLISCH; Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 80.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Photographs, Maps; Large Folding Map And Folding Plan In Pocket At Rea (illustrator). 1st Edition. Vi, 62. Large Format Soft Cover. Folding Pocket With Maps In Rear. Near Fine, No Marks.

Soft cover. First edition, fourth printing. Illustrated with photographs by Ansel Adams. Folding map "Walking & Hiking Trails of Yosemite Valley". Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (very light shelf wear). 160 pps.

Folding color lithograph map of the Yosemite Valley from Professional Paper 150. Small stamp (half square inch) from the Huntington Library. Excellent condition.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Condition: BUONO USATO. INGLESE Prefazione a cura di F.Fryxell, pagine in buonissimo stato di conservazione, piccolo segno di piega/d'urto ai bordi laterali, con fig.in nero nei testi e f.t., timbro di vecchia biblioteca regolarmente acquisita ai margini di alcune carte, al retro piatto post.è presente una busta contenente 2 cartine ripiegate, brossura editoriale flessibile, con piccola scritta a penna al piatto anteriore, qualche ombrature ed aloni gialli al posteriore, usura da scaffalatura. Numero pagine 62.

Original Printed Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. Fletcher Hoyt; William Hall; Haven Jorgensen; Lowell Sumner (illustrator). First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1948. First Edition. March, 1948 [Vol 33, No.3]. Original printed wrappers, 9" x 6". Photographs. Minimal wear; near fine to fine, all around. Color frontis of Mount Waddington, plus 32 B&W plates, including eight by Fletcher Hoyt, eight by William Hail, eight by Haven Jorgensen, five by Lowell Sumner, others. Articles include: Waddington Country - 1947 (Robin Hansen); Wildlife, Conserve, Manage, or Lament ? (Milton Hildebrand); Are Mules Necessary ? (David R. Brower); Frostbite: Its Physiology and Treatment (H. Stewart Kimball, M.D.); Babes in Sierra-Land (Daniel H. Condit); "Go and Look Behind the Ranges" (John Thomas Howell); Hans Huth and His Story (David R. Brower); Yosemite: The Story of an Idea (Hans Huth); Yosemite's Fatal Beauty (William E. Colby); Moraines with Ice Cores in the Sierra Nevada (Francois E. Matthes); Surveying California's Ski Terrain (David R. Brower and Richard H. Felter); Five Days and Nights on the Lost Arrow (Anton Nelson); The First Ascent of Mount Confederation (John D. Mendenhall); and a variety of regular departments. SC1.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Paper-Bound Edition. Second Impression, originally published in hardcover in 1950. Includes 24 Photographs by Ansel Adams. A Fine copy in yellow and grey illustrated wrappers, as issued. 160pp. Uncommonly nice. Q03781.

Condition: DISCRETO USATO. Geological Survey Professional Paper INGLESE Volume numero 160 della serie Geological Survey Professional Paper. Brossura in cartoncino, mancante del piatto posteriore, scurita e con strappetti al dorso. Pagine ingiallite, con testo a due colonne e corredate da 37 figure nel testo e 52 tavole fuori testo, a colori ed in bianco e nero, anche ripiegate. Numero pagine 136.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'Geologic History of the Yosemite Valley' is a seminal scientific study that provides a comprehensive analysis of the formation and evolution of one of the world's most iconic natural landscapes. Written by renowned geologist François E. Matthes, this work represents a landmark in the understanding of how glacial activity and tectonic forces shaped the dramatic cliffs, deep canyons, and unique rock formations of the Sierra Nevada range.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Original Printed Wrappers. Condition: Very Good Plus. From Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1930. First Edition. February, 1930 [Vol XV, No. I]. Original printed wrappers, 9 1/2" x 6 1/4". Photographs. Near Fine; small closed tear at front right (see scans), otherwise no flaws beyond the omnipresent edge curl caused by the circuit-binding ("yapp" binding) format. Very high grade example. Binding is, of course, sturdy. 122 numbered pp. + 33 B&W Plates, 29 of them photographs, including ten by Ansel Adams. The other four include one plate from a lithograph and three from maps. Articles include: The Devils Postpile and Its Strange Setting (Francois E. Matthes); The Twenty-Eighth Outing (Marion Randall Parsons); A British Student Looks at the Sierra Club Outing (Dorothy M. Emmet); A Song (Edward Ballantine); The Changing Sierra (Elmo A. Robinson); The John Muir Trail (Walter L. Huber); High Bivouacs (Neill C. Wilson); The Wolverine and the Badger (Walter Fry); An Introduction to Skiing (Don Tresidder); A Winter in the High Sierra (Orland Bartholomew); Fremont in the Sierra Nevada (Francis P. Farquhar); and a variety of regular and special departments. Please review all scans. l-sc2.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Near Fine. Ansel Adams, John Muir, David R. Brower, Marion R. Parsons, Norman Clyde, Ervin P. McEvoy, Leland Curtis, W.B. Wheeler, Francis P. Farquhar, Walter Starr, Arthur Blake, Howard Gates, Charles Webber,Albert J. Adams,Howard Koster,George Shochat (illustrator). First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1938. First Edition. April, 1938 [Vol XXIII, No. 2]. Original printed wrappers, 9 1/2" x 6 1/4". Photographs. Near Fine - and in this case, the near fine is just about as near to fine as it can get. No salient flaws. Very, very high grade example. Binding is, of course, sturdy. 124 numbered pp. + 41 B&W Plates, most of them photographs but some sketches & maps, three 16th-17th century engravings, + ads. Eight photographs are by the great Ansel Adams. Other serious contributors from the army of photographic and illustrative talent in this issue were: John Muir, David R. Brower, Marion R. Parsons, Norman Clyde, Ervin P. McEvoy, Leland Curtis, W.B. Wheeler, Francis P. Farquhar, Walter A. Starr, Arthur H. Blake, Howard S. Gates, Charles S. Webber, Albert J. Adams, Howard Koster, and George Shochat. Articles (see scan of contents page) by Merrill Moores, Francois E. Matthes, William E.Colby, Walter A. Starr, Carl P. Jensen, Norman Clyde, David R. Brower, W. Kenneth Davis, Elmo A. Robinson, Vernon Bailey, Joseph Grinnell and Arthur H. Blake. And as always a variety of regular and special departments. Please review all scans. l-sc2.

Original Printed Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. Herbert W. Gleason, E.T. Parsons, M.V. Tenney, Edward Gray, H.E. Bailey, W.P. Boland, P.S. Bernays, C.C. Clarke, C.H. Hamilton, C.W. Pohlman, Mabel Sykes, R.L. Glisan, Arthur Gray, Geo. W. Hall (illustrator). First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1911. First Edition. January, 1911 Issue [Vol. VIII, No.1 ]. Original printed wrappers, 9 3/4" x 6 1/4"; 88 pp. + numerous unpaginated photographic plates, other features, and ads. Very, very Near Fine, certainly one of the nicest examples available from this early in the series. Very minute traces of handling, not even any of the typical issues with the overextending circuit binding (yapp binding). See scan. Clean, sturdy, handsome, bright. Everything we all aspire to be. See scans. The scan of the contents page lays out the array of always-inspired articles (Cathedral Peak; Tuolumne; Yosemite Valley; Kings River; Gray-Crowned Leucosticte; Mount Kinabalu (Borneo); Red Peak; Mountain Meadows; "Light Burning",and more) and their authors: John Muir, Francois E. Matthes, R.L. Glisan, F.W. Foxworthy, S.L. Foster, Milton S. Ray, Harold C. Bradley, F.E. Olmsted, and Marion Randall Parsons. The photographs for which the publications has long been famous were executed, for this issue, by Herbert W. Gleason, E.T. Parsons, M.V. Tenney, Edward Gray, H.E. Bailey, W.P. Boland, P.S. Bernays, C.C. Clarke, C.H. Hamilton, C.W. Pohlman, Mabel Sykes, R.L. Glisan, Arthur Gray, and Geo. W. Hall. with a large number of uncredited shots as well. Very difficult issue to find in this condition. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box, of course; not a bag. L SC-2.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Near Fine. Ansel Adams, Roy Curtis, Frank Webb, Lewis F. Clark, Henry E. Timby, Hervey Voge, Cedric Wright, Hermann F. Ulrichs, Dwight Watson, Ynes Mexia, Richard G. Johnson (illustrator). First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1937. First Edition. February, 1937 [Vol XXII, No. 1]. Octavo, original printed wraps, 34 pp. graphic plates, mostly photograpsh, plus 118 pp. Near Fine; signature of the long-lived original subscriber, Ethelinda M. James, at top front and center, and a demure lower corner tweak (scans); otherwise, without flaw, and virtually as new in 1937. Very high grade example. Binding is, of course, sturdy. See scans. Eight outstanding photographs by the great Ansel Adams, and at the rear there is a Cedric Wright trifold spread panorama of the Sierra Nevada from the vicinity of Independence. Besides Adams and Wright, other contributors from the posse of photographic and illustrative talent in this issue were: Roy Curtis, Frank Webb, Lewis F. Clark, Henry E. Timby, Hervey Voge, Hermann F. Ulrichs, Dwight Watson, Ynes Mexia, Richard G. Johnson. Several topical sketches sprinkled throughout, as well. Articles (see scan of contents page) byFrancois E. Matthes, William E.Colby, Hervey Voge, Bestor Robinson, Louise Hewlett, Hermann F. Ulrichs, James N. Smith, Ynes Mexia, and Glen Dawson. And as always a variety of regular and special departments. Please review all scans. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. LSC2.