(#166081) Yo Semite 1878: adventures of N & C. Journal and drawings by Carrie E. LeConte. Introduction to "C" by Susanna B. Dakin. Sierra Nevada, Yosemite.

Yo Semite 1878: adventures of N & C. Journal and drawings by Carrie E. LeConte. Introduction to "C" by Susanna B. Dakin. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, MCMXLIV [i.e. 1964]. 27.5x19.2 cm (large octavo), pp. [1-4: blank] [i-iv] v-xviii, [1-2] 3-98 [99-114] [115-118: blank], frontispiece, 11 full-size facsimiles of journal pages, other illustrations in text, decorated boards with cloth shelf back, printed paper label affixed to spine panel, fore and bottom edges rough trimmed. First edition. Title page misdated "MCMXLIV." Carrie LeConte was the daughter of Joseph LeConte, an eminent geologist, for many years a faculty member of the University of California. Carrie's journal was written during the LeConte family's five week visit to Yosemite Valley and the Calaveras big trees in the summer of 1878. From the original "field" notes she rewrote the journal, making corrections and additions, and incorporating over sixty pen and ink drawings in the text. The published text follows the revised journal completed in 1880. BCC #117. Tanned spine label, some tanning to front board, a nearly fine copy. (#166081).

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