Illustrated guide to Yosemite Valley by Virginia and Ansel Adams. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, [1952]. 20.5x13.5 cm, pp. [1-4] 5-128, 44 illustrations, 11 maps (two on endpapers), original pictorial wrappers, perfect bound. Fifth edition. A standard Yosemite guidebook. Excellent illustrations from photographs by Ansel Adams. Minor revisions, but basically unchanged since the edition of 1940. The maps (not credited) are new. New trade paperback format, issued as a "Stanford Outdoor Book," priced $1.50 on front cover. Upper fore-edge corner of text block bumped, tiny closed tears in fore-edge of several leaves, "Lois" written on front cover, a tight, square, good copy. (#170530).
Price: $35.00
"Fifth Edition / April, 1952" on copyright page.