Editore: The Sierra Club, San Francisco, California, U.S.A., 1911
Da: Gold Beach Books & Art Gallery LLC, Gold Beach, OR, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condizione: Good Minus. No Jacket. 149 pages; buff stiff paper wraps; black & white illustrations and publishers' adverts; rubbing to cover extremities, scattered blemishes, age-toning; a good minus copy.
Data di pubblicazione: 1919
Da: Avant Retro Books Sac Book Fair, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Small clear wax stain top edge of covers. Else a well preserved internally unmarked copy. John Muir- Studies in the Sierra V, Post-Glacial Denudation; Grove Gilbert; Sierran Chipmunks; -Quality Counts! All books shipped in Cardboard and all books with dust jackets have mylar jacket protectors.,
Editore: Sierra Club, San Francisco, 1913
Da: Recycled, Corte Madera, CA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Illustrated (illustratore). First Thus. Beautiful copy "Library Edition" but no indication it is any different than the regular edition. See scans for contents - Mt Rainier and Tacoma, and butterflies!
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Sierra Club, San Francisco, 1921
Da: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Rivista / Giornale Prima edizione
Original Printed Wrappers. Condizione: Very Good. Walter L. Huber, J.S. Hutchinson ( map of Colby Pass, Black Kaweah, and vicinity also by Hutchinson), Charles A. Noble, Jr., C.S. Tappaan, Francis P. Farquhar, Rodney L. Glisan, Frederick H. Morley, Ynez de Reygadas, E. Mallinckrodt, Jr. et al (illustratore). First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1921. First Edition. Vol XI, No. 2, for January, 1921. Original printed wrappers, 9 1/4" x 6 1/4", 113 pp. + unpaginated photographic plates and ads. Edge wear to wraps - from the circuit binding, or "yapp" binding, in which the covers were made larger than the page block; also, very light soil. See scans. Binding sturdy, contents fine. Overall, Very Good or better. See scan of contents page for the lineup of stellar club writers and their always engaging and adventurous topics. In addition to Helen Gilkey's floral rendering and a John Muir sketch, photographers for this issue include Walter L. Huber, J.S. Hutchinson (fold-out map of Colby Pass, Black Kaweah, and vicinity also by Hutchinson), Charles A. Noble, Jr., C.S. Tappaan, Francis P. Farquhar, Rodney L. Glisan, Frederick H. Morley, Ynez de Reygadas, E. Mallinckrodt, Jr., E.W. Harnden, C.H. Rhudy, George D. Whittle, U.S. Reclamation Service, Pillsbury, U.S. Army 15th Aerial Photographic Division, and one uncredited. SC2.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Sierra Club, San Francisco, 1913
Da: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Rivista / Giornale Prima edizione
Original Printed Wrappers. Condizione: Very Good. Walter L. Huber, Everett Shepardson, Francis P. Farquhar, W.C. Alvarez, Charles W. Michaels, Philip Carlton, M.R. Parsons, Elsie Zeile, Edna Osborn, A.W. Wilding, H.E. Bailey, Harry D. Webber, Heinemann, Herbert W. Gleason, A.A. Forbes (illustratore). First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1913. First Edition. Vol IX, No. 1, for January, 1913. Original printed wrappers, 9 1/4" x 6 1/4", 83 numbered pp. + unpaginated photographic plates and ads. Modest touching at edges, faint occasional soil at covers. See scans. Binding sturdy, contents fine. Overall, better than Very Good. See scan of contents page for the lineup of stellar club writers and their always engaging and adventurous topics, which here include the Tuolumne Meadows, Kern Canyon, California Pine Grosbeak, Yosemite Valley, etc. Several maps, several drawings, and of course tons of photographic plates, in this issue executed by Walter L. Huber, Everett Shepardson, Francis P. Farquhar, W.C. Alvarez, Charles W. Michaels, Philip Carlton, M.R. Parsons, Elsie Zeile, Edna Osborn, A.W. Wilding, H.E. Bailey, Harry D. Webber, Heinemann, Herbert W. Gleason, and A.A. Forbes. Standard departments as well, of course. SC2.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Sierra Club, San Francisco, 1921
Da: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Rivista / Giornale Prima edizione
Original Printed Wrappers. Condizione: Very Good. Walter L. Huber, J.S. Hutchinson (map of Colby Pass, Black Kaweah, and vicinity also by Hutchinson), Charles A. Noble, Jr., C.S. Tappaan, Francis P. Farquhar, Rodney L. Glisan, Frederick H. Morley, Ynez de Reygadas, E. Mallinckrodt, Jr. et al (illustratore). First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1921. First Edition. Vol XI, No. 2, for January, 1921. Original printed wrappers, 9 1/4" x 6 1/4", 113 pp. + unpaginated photographic plates and ads. Edge wear to wraps, closed tear at front cover, early owner's fountain pen signature on cover, light soil. See scans. Binding sturdy, contents fine. Overall, Very Good or better. See scan of contents page for the lineup of stellar club writers and their always engaging and adventurous topics. In addition to Helen Gilkey's floral rendering and a John Muir sketch, photographers for this issue include Walter L. Huber, J.S. Hutchinson (fold-out map of Colby Pass, Black Kaweah, and vicinity also by Hutchinson), Charles A. Noble, Jr., C.S. Tappaan, Francis P. Farquhar, Rodney L. Glisan, Frederick H. Morley, Ynez de Reygadas, E. Mallinckrodt, Jr., E.W. Harnden, C.H. Rhudy, George D. Whittle, U.S. Reclamation Service, Pillsbury, U.S. Army 15th Aerial Photographic Division, and one uncredited. SC2.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Sierra Club, San Francisco, 1919
Da: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Rivista / Giornale Prima edizione
Original Printed Wrappers. Condizione: Very Good. From Photographs (illustratore). First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1919. First Edition. January, 1919 Issue [Vol Ten, No. Four]. Original printed wrappers, 9 1/4" x 6". Photographs. Age-toning and edge wear to wraps, contents near fine. Clean, binding sturdy. Overall, very good or better. Lead article by John Muir, "Studies in the Sierra: V: Post-Glacial Denudation". Also in this issue: Grove Karl Gilbert, the Man (C. Hart Merriam); Grove Karl Gilbert: An Appreciation (Joseph Barrell); Professor Joe (D.S. Richardson); Some Sierran Chipmunks (Harry S. Swarth); special departments; and regular departments. Illustrated as always with plenty of black-and-white photographic plates. Scarce issue. SC1.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Sierra Club, San Francisco, 1913
Da: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Rivista / Giornale Prima edizione
Original Printed Wrappers. Condizione: Near Fine. H.W. Gleason; Asahel Curtis; Milner Roberts; Walter L. Huber; Sierra Club archives (illustratore). First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1913. First Edition. Vol IX, No. 2, for June, 1913. Original printed wrappers, 9 1/4" x 6 1/4", 45 numbered pp. + unpaginated photographic plates and ads. 1913 issues had somewhat less content than many earlier and later years, but still plenty of very neat stuff. Near Fine - as near to fine as you're likely to see in a 1913 SCB. Touching at points to the overextended circuit-binding, a few very faint traces of soil. See scans. Binding sturdy, contents fine. A very sharp, very high grade example. See scan of contents page for the lineup of stellar club writers and their always engaging and adventurous topics, which here include the Rainier Winter Outing; Blue Hills; Mountain Summit Butterflies; Ranier or Tacoma ?; and Behr's Alpine Sulphur: Butterfly of the High Sierra Nevada . Nice photography, as always, including several butterfly shots. Photography for this issue was provided by:H.W. Gleason; Asahel Curtis; Milner Roberts; Walter L. Huber; and the Sierra Club archives. Standard departments as well, of course. Scarce issue. Please review scans. SC2.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Sierra Club, San Francisco, 1911
Da: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Rivista / Giornale Prima edizione
Original Printed Wrappers. Condizione: Very Good. Pillsbury Picture Company, W.L. Huber (illustratore). First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1911. First Edition. June, 1911 Issue [Vol. VIII, No.2 ]. Original printed wrappers, 9 3/4" x 6 1/4"; 61 pp. + 15 unpaginated photographic plates + ads. Very Good, with a 2" slit at spine top and some adjacent glue deterioration being the only salient flaw. See scans. Clean, bright. Photographs are largely uncredited, but two are by W.L. Huber and several by the Pillsbury Picture Company.The scan of the contents page lays out the array of always-inspired articles and their authors: F.E. Matthes, R.W. Poindexter, Jr., Cornelius Beach Bradley, J. Grinnell, and Marion Randall Parsons, as well as editor William Frederic Badè. A short issue in just Very Good condition - but very scarce. SC-2.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Sierra Club, San Francisco, 1911
Da: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Rivista / Giornale Prima edizione
Original Printed Wrappers. Condizione: 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 (illustratore). 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.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Sierra Club, San Francisco, 1912
Da: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Rivista / Giornale Prima edizione
Original Printed Wrappers. Condizione: Near Fine. J.E. Church, Jr., William F. Bade, J.N. LeConte, Sadie Bixby, Pillsbury Pictures (illustratore). First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1912. First Edition. June, 1912 Issue [Vol. VIII, No. 4]. Original printed wrappers, 9 3/4" x 6 1/4"; 48 pp. + viii + photo plates + 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 ourselves. See scans. The shorter-than-usual, but rich-in-content list of lengthy feature articles for this somewhat abbreviated and very rare issue include "A Midwinter Trip Through Nevada's Mountain Park" (J.E. Church, Jr.); "The Mountain Bluebird and the Wood Pewee" (editor William F. Bade); and "The Steer's-Head Flower of the Sierra Nevada" (Willis Linn Jepson) with an interesting sketch (scan). See scan of the contents page for more on the ensuing departments, themselves always engrossing. The photographs for which the publication has long been famous were executed, for this issue, by J.E. Church, Jr., William F. Bade, J.N. LeConte, Sadie Bixby, and Pillsbury Pictures. SC-2.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Sierra Club, San Francisco, 1920
Da: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Rivista / Giornale Prima edizione
Original Printed Wrappers. Condizione: Near Fine. Herbert W. Gleason, Rodney L. Glisan, William E. Colby, Philip S. Carlton, Walter L. Huber, F.E. Matthes, Willard D. Johnson, F.R. Parker, Francis P. Farquhar, F.M. Fultz, G.R. Bunn (illustratore). First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1920. First Edition. Vol XI, No. 1, for January, 1920. Original printed wrappers, 9 1/4" x 6 1/4", 115 pp. + numerous unpaginated photographic plates and ads. This example is the buff shaded form; there was also a gray variant. The inevitable slight cover edge overlap curl, caused by the Yapp binding (covers being a bit larger than the textblock); short cut tag at spine bottom, else Near Fine. See scans. Binding sturdy, bright, tight, contents fine. See scan of contents page for the lineup of stellar club writers and their always engaging and adventurous topics. The always amazing panoply of photos are, in this issue, contributed by: Herbert W. Gleason, Rodney L. Glisan, William E. Colby, Philip S. Carlton, Walter L. Huber, F.E. Matthes, Willard D. Johnson, F.R. Parker, Francis P. Farquhar, F.M. Fultz, and G.R. Bunn, with several uncredited. SC2.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Sierra Club, San Francisco, 1922
Da: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Rivista / Giornale Prima edizione
Original Printed Wrappers. Condizione: Very Good. Ansel E. Adams, Marion Randall Parsons, Ray J. Baker, C.S. Carlsmith, Walter L. Huber, J.N. LeConte, E.A. Hornuth, C.S. Tappaan, Ansel F. Hall, W.B. Putnam, Chester Versteeg, George J. Young, Harold C. Bradley, Howard C. Tibbitts, George L. Beam (illustratore). First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1922. First Edition. First published Ansel Adams photographs. Vol XI, No. 3, for 1922. This was published during a several-year time period when the Sierra Club did not stipulate the month of an issue, just the volume, the number, and the year; monthly designations for such an infrequent publication having always been somewhat unnecessary in any case. Original printed wrappers, 9 1/4" x 6 1/4", 113 pp. + numerous unpaginated photographic plates, features and ads - including two very precious shots which are the first published Ansel Adams photographs. Buff stapled wraps, Very Good or better, and internally fine, of course. Circuit binding (yapp binding) was used, in which cover edges were intentionally extended out beyond page edges, but over time the extended part becomes pressed inward somewhat (see third scan for the unusual degree of this is this issue). A handsome copy. See scans. Binding sturdy, contents fine. See scan of contents page for the lineup of impassioned club writers and their always engaging and adventurous topics. In addition to the two early and memorable Ansel Adams shots mentioned above, this issue is chock full of photographic plates by the club's best photographers, as well as others, including Ansel E. Adams, Marion Randall Parsons, Ray J. Baker, C.S. Carlsmith, Walter L. Huber, J.N. LeConte, E.A. Hornuth, C.S. Tappaan, Ansel F. Hall, W.B. Putnam, Chester Versteeg, George J. Young, Harold C. Bradley, Howard C. Tibbitts, and George L. Beam, as well as several uncredited artists. SC2.
Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Original buff wraps with black lettering on spine, front and rear wraps; yapp edges; illustrated with beautiful b&w plates; leaves are uncut. Paginated 391- 496pp. Also includes advertisements from businesses and the publisher, and an index listing all articles and illustrations found in Volume X (1916-1919 issues) of the Sierra Club Bulletin. Wraps have light soiling and light chipping to all edges; first half of text block has minor dampstaining to fore edge. "The Sierra Club Bulletin was first published in January, 1893, with an initial emphasis on first-hand reports about the Sierra Nevada, as well as reports about members' outings to the mountains" (Sierra Club online). This issue contains tributes to G. K. Gilbert, articles written by C. Hart Merriman and Joseph Barrell. Also features articles by John Muir, "Studies in the Sierra, V. Post-Glacial Denudation," "Some Sierran Chipmunks" by Harry S. Swarth and "Professor Joe" by D. S. Richardson. Also includes sections titled "National Park Notes" and "War Service Letters." ; Publications of the Sierra Club, Number 54; B&W Plates ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall.