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Yosemite | The Big Trees and the High Sierra; A Selective Bibliography
by Farquhar, Francis P
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Sebastopol, California, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1948. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [11x7.25in]; xi, 104 pp., 9 illustrations , 25 entries with descriptions of multiple editions; Olive cloth covers with red ink backing and red lettering on front, gilt lettering on spine, dark orange end papers; Tan dust jacket with red backing and black lettering on spine and front, red illustration of surveyors on mountain ridge, advertisements on back; Minimal shelf wear to covers with rubbing to top and bottom of spine, some small chipping and closed tears alonge edges of dust jacket with age toning along edges. Francis Peloubet Farquhar (1887-1974) was a mountaineer, environmentalist, historian, author and certified public accountant. He was active in the Sierra Club from the early 1920's for the rest of his life. He was also active in the California Historical Society and the San Francisco based California Academy of Sciences. From the dust jacket, Farquhar as the "... principal historian of the nation's greatest mountain range, combines a mountaineer's ability to find a route up a cliff with a historian's ability to track down a fact. Further, he has assembled the most complete library on the mountain and other scenic regions of the Far West. From this he has selected 25 titles of major importance, either in their value as a source material or in their rarity, concerning Yosemite, the Big Trees, and the High Sierra. To these titles he has given a treatment that brings to a bibliography a rare -if not new - combination of accurate completeness and enjoyable element of liveliness.
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- Bookseller
- David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14192
- Title
- Yosemite | The Big Trees and the High Sierra; A Selective Bibliography
- Author
- Farquhar, Francis P
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Yosemite, California, bibliography
- Bookseller catalogs
- This & That;
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About the Seller
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Sebastopol, California
About David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA is an online bookseller specializing in fine books, maps, publications, and ephemera related to Exploration, Adventure and World History with a focus on the Polar Regions, California and the American West. A particular interest is in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration from 1895 to 1920's. Other areas of interest are in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and a little bit of this and that.
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