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University of California Press, 1948T. hardcover. Good. .

University of California Press, 1948. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Top and bottom of dust jacket are lightly bumped and chipped. Jacket is contained in protective plastic jacket. Corners of boards and spine are lightly bumped and rubbed, and spine is slightly shaken. Inside is clean and unmarked. Staple-bound pamphlet from Alta California Bookstore laid in.

Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino, 1999. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Limited edition facsimile of the original edition published by the University of California press in 1948. Bound in the publisher's original grey cloth with the spine stamped in gilt.

Oak Knoll Press, 1999. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University of California Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1948. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Red and gray cloth. Gilt lettering on the spine. Illustrated. Holmes Book Company ticket on the rear pastedown. An excellent copy otherwise. Unmarked and tight. The dust jacket has some darkening to the upper 1 1/2" of the rear panel. Also a couple of tears and chipping to the same area. Very clean otherwise. Not price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 104 pages .

(Mansfield Centre): (M. Martino), [2000]. Reprint. As New, still in shrinkwrap. Reprint of the 1948 edition. Cloth; xii, 104 pages. Farquhar has assembled the most complete private library on the mountain regions of the Far West. From this collection he has selected 25 titles of major importance, either in their value as source material or in their rarity, concerning Yosemite, the Big Trees, and the High Sierra. The annotations, many of which are based on original research, go far beyond a mere tabulation of facts, for they bring to light numerous historical vignettes the author has gathered in many years studying and writing about the Sierra.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1948. Hardcover. Very good/Good. xi, 104 p. 28 cm. 9 b&w illustrations. Burgundy and grey cloth in dustjacket. Jacket has tears and chips to edges, some soiling. Dents on lower edges of boards.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1948. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [11x7.25in]; xi, 104 pp., 9 illustrations , 25 entries with descriptions of multiple editions; Olive cloth covers with red ink backing and red lettering on front, gilt lettering on spine, dark orange end papers; Tan dust jacket with red backing and black lettering on spine and front, red illustration of surveyors on mountain ridge, advertisements on back; Minimal shelf wear to covers with rubbing to top and bottom of spine, some small chipping and closed tears alonge edges of dust jacket with age toning along edges. Francis Peloubet Farquhar (1887-1974) was a mountaineer, environmentalist, historian, author and certified public accountant. He was active in the Sierra Club from the early 1920's for the rest of his life. He was also active in the California Historical Society and the San Francisco based California Academy of Sciences. From the dust jacket, Farquhar as the "... principal historian of the nation's… Read More

Berkeley: University of California Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1948. First Edition. Original Cloth. Slight spotting on the spine. Owner's inscription on fep.; 7x11" .

Berkeley:: University of California Press,, 1948.. First edition.. publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. Near fine in a jacket with several chips along the top edge, a few closed tears, and some light dust-soiling.. Tall 8vo,.

University of California Press, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth in dust jacket, very good. First edition.

Berkeley, CA;: University of California Press, 1948. First edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very good plus. Selects 25 titles in part because of their rarity and unusual character, and in part because of their originality and importance of their contributions to the knowledge of their subjects. An important California reference. 104 pages with illustrations. About fine in very good plus dust jacket with a few tiny edge tears and tiny chips.