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Author: Kneeland, Samuel
Title: The Wonders of the Yosemite Valley, and of California
Place Published: Boston
Publisher:Alexander Moore
Date Published: 1871
Description:

v-xii, [13]-71 pp. Illustrated with 10 mounted original albumen photographs by John P. Soule; tissue guards. (8vo) 26.5x18 cm (10½x6½"), original red cloth with front cover and spine decorated in black and gilt, rear cover with same design in blind, all edges gilt. Rebacked with the original spine cloth laid down. First Edition.

"Kneeland took pains to get reliable information and present it with more than ordinary care. The photographic illustrations are excellent and include some unusual views" - Farquhar. Currey & Kruska note that Kneeland, a professor of zoology and physiology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "produced one of the better early guide books to the Yosemite Valley...." Cowan p.333; Currey & Kruska 225; Farquhar 10a.

Bookplate, with withdrawn stamp, from the Minnesota Historical Society, on front pastedown. Light wear and soiling to cloth, hinges repaired, rear free endpaper replaced; paper a bit browned; very good.