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The Yosemite Book (facsimile of 1868 edition on CD-ROM)
by Whitney, Josiah Dwight (photographs by Carleton E. Watkins; maps by Charles Frederick Hoffmann; introduction by Jim Snyder)
- New
- first
- Condition
- New/No Jacket (as issued)
- ISBN 10
- 1591100127
- ISBN 13
- 9781591100126
- Seller
-
Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Julius Bien (Oakland: Octavo), 1868; 2003. 1st edition. Other Binding. New/No Jacket (as issued). Digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on CD-ROM disc; not a printed book) of the 1868 first edition of this landmark of nature photography and conservation. California State Geologist Josiah Dwight Whitney created this lavish publication, issued in an edition of only 250 copies, as part of his campaign to preserve the area that later became Yosemite National Park. Photographer Carleton Watkins contributed albumen-print photographs, actual prints of which were mounted into each copy. The book also features two large- scale foldout maps by Charles Hoffmann and others. This Octavo Edition contains detailed digital images of every page of the original book, as well as optimized viewing images of the plates and maps and supplementary materials including an introductory essay, extra maps (some never before published), a provenance essay and detailed bibliographical information. Unsold original stock, minor storage wear.
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- Bookseller
- Philip Smith, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8VWHYB02
- Title
- The Yosemite Book (facsimile of 1868 edition on CD-ROM)
- Author
- Whitney, Josiah Dwight (photographs by Carleton E. Watkins; maps by Charles Frederick Hoffmann; introduction by Jim Snyder)
- Format/Binding
- Other Binding
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket (as issued)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 1591100127
- ISBN 13
- 9781591100126
- Publisher
- New York: Julius Bien (Oakland: Octavo)
- Date Published
- 1868; 2003
- Keywords
- Josiah Dwight Whitney Carleton Watkins Yosemite Book California Western Americana Landscape Nature Photography Albumen Prints Ecology National Parks America American History Conservation High Sierras Sequoias Cartography Bancroft Library 1591100127 978159
- Bookseller catalogs
- Octavo Editions;
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About the Seller
Philip Smith, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Berkeley, California
About Philip Smith, Bookseller
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