(#168369) Yellowstone to Yosemite[:] early adventures in the mountain West[.] Classic adventure-travel writing of the early 1870's with illustrations by Thomas Moran & other artists of the period[.] Introduced by Lito Tejada-Flores. WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.

Yellowstone to Yosemite[:] early adventures in the mountain West[.] Classic adventure-travel writing of the early 1870's with illustrations by Thomas Moran & other artists of the period[.] Introduced by Lito Tejada-Flores. Telluride: Western Eye Press, 1988. 30.3x22.5 cm, pp. [1-5] 6-142 [143: tailpiece] [144: blank], illustrations, cream wrappers printed in black with pictorial paper overlay printed in green, black and gold, perfect bound. Abridged edition. A collection of five articles from Picturesque America: or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil ... edited by William Cullen Bryant (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1872-1874), reprinted in facsimile with introduction, afterword and notes by Lito Tejada-Flores. The fifth article is "The Yosemite: an Artist's Summer in Yosemite Valley," pp. 105-137, an account of artist James D. Smille's trip to Yosemite Valley in the summer of 1871 (volume 1, pages 464-495 of Picturesque America). In addition to the principal attractions on the valley floor, Smillie traveled to Clouds Rest, Little Yosemite Valley and Glacier Point. A fine copy. (#168369).

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