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Author: Whitney, Josiah Dwight
Title: The Yosemite Guide-Book: A Description of the Yosemite Valley and the Adjacent Region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the Big Trees of California
Place Published: [Sacramento]
Publisher:Published by Authority of the Legislature
Date Published: 1874
Description:

[viii], [9]-186 pp. With 3 (of 4) maps, 2 folding. 14.5x10 cm (5¾x4"), green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt stamp to cover, edges gilt. New Edition, Revised and Corrected.

"The most influential publications of the California Geological Survey were the series of Yosemite guidebooks published between 1869 and 1874. These publications were intended to serve as tourist guides to the Yosemite region and various groves of giant sequoia. The first pocket edition, containing two small folding maps but no illustrations, was issued in 1871. This edition was sold at one dollar per copy and was well received by the public "on account both of its cheapness and its portability." Currey & Kruska 61.

Lacking map in rear pocket; some soiling and rubbing to cloth; edgewear, a few short closed tears to maps, occasional faint dampstaining to margins; very good.