Titles starting with Y from Michael Sharpe Rare & Antiquarian Books

San Francisco: Kuchel & Dresel, 1857. First edition. Lithograph on buff-toned ground, original applied white highlights. Overall sheet size: 17 15/16 x 23 3/4 inches (455 x 602 mm); image including title and caption: 10 15/16 x 15 5/8 inches (276 x 392 mm). Professionally matted and glazed in a period-style wooden frame of 23 x 27 1/2 inches (584 x 698 mm). Some browning and professional conservation. Overall a very good copy.Provenance: Henry M. Newhall (1825-1882), rancher and rai... more information

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San Francisco: C. A. Murdock & Co., 1888. First [and only] edition. Octavo. [2, ads], 98, [3, ads], [1] pp. Map of the Yosemite Valley opposite p. 9. Publisher's buff wrappers printed in black. Covers invisibly reattached, bit of corner erosion but, on the whole, a very good copy.Although this guide is a bit late in the field of Yosemite guide books it is nonetheless a very rare item indeed. The last copy to come up at auction was in 1988 and we are not aware of any copies being... more information

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Providence: Printed for the Author, 1873. First edition. Octavo. 40 pp. Uncut and unopened in original printed wrappers (with minimal edge chipping). Clean and excellent.A fine copy of a very scarce Yosemite pamphlet. John Erastus Lester, a Rhode Island lawyer, traveled west in 1872 in hopes of improving his health, visiting Yosemite and other areas. During his visit to Yosemite the author met several pioneers, including John Muir, Galen Clark, James Hutchings, James Lamon, and John Smith (of the... more information

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