James Mason Hutchings of Yo Semite: A Biography and Bibliography.
by KRUSKA, Dennis
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- Hardcover
- first
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2009. First edition of this first biography of J. M. Hutchings. One of 500 copies. Large quarto. xv, [1, illustration], 324, [2, blank], [1, colophon], [1] pp. Profusely illustrated throughout and all of the illustrations are in actual colors. Publisher's quarter brown cloth over green cloth, gilt spine lettering, printed paper cover label, color pictorial endpapers after a Yosemite lithograph by Andrew Melrose. An excellent copy.A much needed and exhaustive work, this publication went out of print soon after publication. It is about evenly divided between the biography and the bibliography. Hutchings was arguably Yosemite's most vocal and powerful champion. Hutchings, a failed prospector and budding publisher, came to Yosemite Valley in 1855 after reading Lafayette Bunnell's descriptions of its waterfalls. His illustrated publication, Hutchings' California Magazine, did more than anything else to bring the valley's beauty to the attention of the world. He opened the Hutchings' Hotel and led visitors on tours, constantly promoting the region in a quest for profits.
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- Seller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 70845
- Title
- James Mason Hutchings of Yo Semite: A Biography and Bibliography.
- Author
- KRUSKA, Dennis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Book Club of California
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 2009
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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