Item #19918 A Guide to the Grand and Sublime Scenery of the Sierra Nevada. Wallace William Elliott, James William Abert Wright.

A Guide to the Grand and Sublime Scenery of the Sierra Nevada

Emeryville & Berkeley, CA: Havilah Press & The Bancroft Library, 2006. First Edition Thus, Limited to 250 unnumbered copies. 8vo. xxxiii, 80, blank, [1] pp. Introduction by James B. Snyder, noted Yosemite historian. Designed by J. Chadwick Johnson and Fred & Barbara Voltmer. Illustrations. Mauve cloth over light brown illustrated boards. Light bumping to upper corners, book slightly curved; a near fine copy. Item #19918

First published in 1883, this facsimile edition of 'A Guide to the Grand and Sublime Scenery of the Sierra Nevada' was the first published guidebook to the southern Sierra Nevada. While usually attributed to lithographer and publisher Wallace William Elliott, the man who supplied the connections and most of the material for the guide was Confederate veteran, farmer, and writer, James William Abert Wright. - Introduction.

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