James william abert wright (2 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. One of 250 copies. Book has minimal edgewear. Otherwise a very attractive copy with tight binding, clean unmarked pages, and no spills or stains.

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. 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. First Edition Thus, Limited to 250 unnumbered copies.…