Tourists' Illustrated Guide to the Celebrated Summer and Winter Resorts of California Adjacent and upon the Lines of the Central and Southern Pacific Railroads.
San Francisco: H. S. Crocker & Co., 1883. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. Large 8vo. 240 pp, including 3 pages of ads at front and 8 pages of ads at rear. Map inside front cover; woodcuts throughout. Original color-lithographed wrappers. 3/4" missing from spine ends; text block professionally re-attached to covers; light, general wear; still a very good copy of an uncommon and early California tourist guide. Item #17648
Includes descriptions of Yosemite Valley, Hetch Hetchy Valley, the Yosemite High Sierra and the Calaveras and Mariposa big tree groves. (Currey & Krusak 336).
Price: $400.00
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