Pacific valley press ca (6 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Fair.

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.…

First Edition, Second issue. 4to, original decorative cloth, gilt lettering, illustrated with 29 photo -typo plates by Britton & Rey, including frontispiece of The Yo-Semite Valley, wood engravings, and three maps (one folding), [4]. xii, 13-496 pp. Hinges cracked, abrasion to upper spine, ends and corners bumped and showing, light soiling, minor white spot to lower front cover, occasional faint foxing and aging, 2' edge tear to folding map, tiny black ink sots to author's portrait verso, gift inscription from 1887; otherwise very good.Second issue with photo-typo by Britton & Rey, showing a woman seated behind the horse and cabin with lean-to; portrait of Hutchings is 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.…

Thick 8vo. 496 pp. Photo-type collotype photo frontisp., numerous collotype photo plates (most images by George Fiske, Walker & Taber), plates, half-tone printed photo plates, woodcut engravings, maps (1 large folding). Publisher's full speckled sheep, gilt & black morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers (minor splitting to upper front hinge at head of spine, rear hinge at foot of spine, minor scuffing, edgewear), still a good bright copy with map in VG condition. First edition of this informative and early travel guide to the Yosemite Valley by the former Forty-Niner, who was a key figure in preserving the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove from 1880-1884, where he kept a visitor's hotel. Also included are details on the Yosemite Indian's efforts to stall off gold miners and explorers into the valley, military campaigns, and subsequent removals. See: Currey & Kruska, 175.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint Editions. Copyright date is 1888, Illustrated with 28 "photo-typo" plates by Britton & Rey (including frontispiece "In the Heart of the Sierras"); numerous wood-engravings, including plates after photographs and paintings; plate of a snow plant printed in red; plus 2 maps (1 folding). (8vo) 23x16 cm (9x6¼"), original pictorial olive cloth decorated in brown and gilt, all edges gilt. Early reprint. With 1889 presentation inscription from the Sacramento Business College on the front flyleaf. First published 2 years prior. Hutchings, a pioneer of the tourist industry in Yosemite and one of the first to visit there in winter, was Guardian to the Valley & the Mariposa Big Tree Grove from 1880-1884. Cowan p.299: Currey & Kruska 175; Farquhar 18d. Light soiling to cloth with rubbing to extremities; hinges cracked, folding map with a few closed tears to margins, longer closed tear at stub affecting about 2" of the map with no loss; very good.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Copyright date 1886, First edition, later issue. Illustrated with 29 inserted plates including frontispiece; 26 phototypes by Britton & Rey from photographs by George Fiske & others; also, 1 red plate of a snow plant, & 3 wood-engraved plates; 2 maps (1 folding, lithographed by Britton & Rey). (8vo), 21.5x15 cm (8½x5¾"), pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and brown, blindstamped bear on back cover. Later issue. J.M. Hutchings (1820-1902), was a pioneer of the tourist industry in Yosemite. He was one of the first to visit there in winter and was Guardian to the Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove between 1880 and 1884. According to Farquhar, In the Heart of the Sierras was Hutchings' crown publishing achievement and ".contains a great deal more. than an account of Hutchings' personal experiences; it covers more fully than any other work of its day every aspect of Yosemite Valley and the Big Trees that could by considered of general interest to visitors." Light rubbing to cloth; folding map with toning at folds, short closed tears at stub at bottom edge; a nicer copy than usually encountered; very good. George Fiske (illustratore).…