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Gokirakuji Kamakura Japan: Getumei-Kai, 1958. First edtion. Hardcover. Library stamp and discard stamp to front fixed endpaper, library stamp on title page, else fine. 66 pp., including 25 pages of color samples on cloth, 4 to a page and 2 color woodblock prints; quarto blue and red cloth with gilt title, hinged cloth-covered box. The author's stated intention in preparing these samples of natural dyes was to facilitate a revival of the lost art of natural dyes which had given way in modern times to the convenience of chemical dyes. The art reached its peak during the Nara period (645-792) but by the end of the Meiji Period at the close of the 19th century had begun to decline. Each dye sample is captioned in English, French, and Japanese. Edition of 200 numbered copies, this #137.

Fargo: F. Jay Haynes, 1883. Original edition. Covers slightly darkened, else about fine. 26 photo-lithograph views on 18 accordion-fold panels, embossed red cloth covers, 3.5x5 inches. A remarkably well preserved example of this charming view book. Scarce.

Yosemite and Oakland: The Old Cabin, Yo Semite Valley and Pacific Press, 1888. Fourth printing. Hardcover. Front joint neatly split from top to bottom though board is held firmly in place by sewing cords and cloth inner hinge, lettering pieces chipped, brief Christmas 1900 gift inscription to back of Hutchings' portrait, else near fine.. xii, 496 pp.; frontispiece and 155 illustrations, including 3 maps (1 folding, 1 full-page, 1 in-text), many full-page plates, including many "photo-typos" printed by Britton & Rey. 1 wood-engraved botanical plate printed in red. This copy with extra plate not included in the list of illustrations; 8vo, publisher's full speckled sheep, morocco lettering pieces, octavo, marbled endpapers. James Mason Hutchings (1820-1902) spent much of his life in and around Yosemite and the high Sierra and was instrumental in promoting Yosemite Valley as a tourist destination. His "In the Heart of the Sierras" was the crowning achievement of his career as a writer and publisher.… Read More

Boston: Alexander Moore. Lee & Shepard, 1872. Third edition, Revised and Enlarged. Hardcover. Wear to edges, especially at spine ends, corners repaired, occasional light foxing to text and photo mounts, photographs are fine. Original blue cloth with title and ornaments stamped in gilt, black, and blind, octavo (7 x 10.5 inches), pp xii, 13-98. 2 maps, 1 engraving in the text, and 10 mounted albumen photographic prints. All edges gilt. First printing of the third edition. Professor Kneeland's guide to Yosemite was first published in 1871 following his visit to the region in 1870. He traveled from Cambridge (he taught at MIT) to California on the "Pacific Railroad' and accounts the experience more stimulating and healthful (and cheaper) than a vacation in Niagara, Saratoga, or the other popular vacation spots of the East. The photographs, though small at 3.25 x 5.5 inches, are beautiful. This third edition was published following Kneeland's second visit to Yosemite and adds 19 pages of text (second… Read More

Tucson: Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Minor scuffing to covers but about very good. Original red boards, octavo, vii, [1], 163 pp, illustrated Edition of 500 copies