Illustrated Guide to Yosemite Valley by Adams, Virginia and Ansel - 1940

The Abbey Library ca 1930, 1930. Hardcover. VG. 8vo. Introduction by E. B. Osborn and illustrated in colour and B & W by Jean De Bosschere. Decorated endpapers and mustard boards. Very clean copy.

Paperback. Good. H. S. Crocker Co., Inc. 1946. Third Edition. Spiral bound softcover. Cover shows fairly minor wear, with top edge of binding curled. Contents clean. Binding sound. Many b/w photos.

San Francisco: H. S. Crocker Co., Inc, 1945. Second Edition. Plastic comb. Very Good-. 8vo. Pp. 127. Frontis. black & white photo. Illustrated with numerous Ansel Adams black & white halftone photo reproductions and several three-color diagram maps, one folding out. Includes bibliography by Francis P. Farquhar and chronology. Stiff paper covers printed reversed blue on white with titles and illustration front and back, white plastic comb, coated paper leaves. Previous owner ink markings to cover, single crack to comb spine, edges minimally rubbed, leaves crisp and bright. A crisp, cleanly printed copy of a deeply researched guide many times reprinted. Covers the history of the valley, roads, trails, camps, trees, fishing, Indians, flora and fauna, etc. With superb photography that wants a larger format than will fit in a backpack.

San Francisco: H. S. Crocker Co., (1949). Fourth edition. Octavo. 127, [3] pp. Illustrated throughout with maps and photographs after Ansel Adams. Publisher's stiff blue wrappers with white lettering, plastic spiral spine. Slight edge wear but an excellent copy.

San Francisco, California: H.S. Crocker Co., Inc, 1949. Fourth edition, 8vo, pp. 127, [3]; black & white photographic illustrations, maps in color (one folding); 2 early original photograph postcards of Yosemite, a Yosemite National Park Service list of Naturalist Activities program (dated 1949) & map, and an early tourist letter laid in; minor edgewear, a very good & bright copy in original blue wrappers, spiral bound.

San Francisco: H. S. Crocker Co., Inc, 1940. First Edition. Plastic comb bound. Very Good+. 8vo. Pp. 127. Frontis. black & white photo. Illustrated with numerous Ansel Adams black & white halftone photo reproductions and several three-color diagram maps, one folding out. Includes bibliography by Francis P. Farquhar and chronology. First edition, first printing stated. Stiff paper covers printed reversed blue on white with titles and illustration front and back, white plastic comb, coated paper leaves. Edges minimally rubbed, original $1 price sticker and a very small stain inside front cover, leaves crisp and bright, comb intact. A crisp, cleanly printed first edition copy of a deeply researched guide many times reprinted since. The plastic comb binding, often found cracked, is well preserved.Covers the history of the valley, roads, trails, camps, trees, fishing, Indians, flora and fauna, etc. With superb photography that wants a larger format than will fit in a backpack.