L. W. Currey, Inc.

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY. Yosemite Valley[.] Southern Pacific [cover title]. [San Francisco]: Southern Pacific Company, [1910]. 22.8x20 cm, folded to 23x10 cm, pp. [1-24] (printed in two columns, paginated [1] 2-3 [4-5] 6-7 [8-11] 12 [13] 14-17 [18] 19 [20-25] 26-27 [28-29] 30-31 [32-33] 34-40 [41-42] 43 [44-46]), 15 illustrations from photographs, 1 birdseye view of Yosemite Valley drawn by W. H. Bull, 2 cover paintings by W. H. Bull (one on each outer panel), 3 maps, self wrappers, stapled. First edition. A later printing of this brochure first published circa 1908-1909 with some changes of text and illustrations. This is the second of two printings made in 1910 with printer's code "A 12 (7-21-10-50M)." on page [45]. Page 35 states that "Night train service will be established in April, 1910." An elaborate, well-illustrated description of Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove. Pages 36-37 have a useful list of Yosemite hotels and camps. Page 39 has a half page "Map of Yosemite Valley." Page [41] has a "Birdseye View of Yosemite Valley Showing Some of the Principal Points" drawn by W. H. Bull. The two other maps are a small map, "Southern Pacific Lines to the Yosemite Valley" on page [34], and a map on pages [44-45] showing land and sea routes of the Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, Oregon Short Line and Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company. Outer leaf lightly worn at edges, splits along spine folds of several leaves, a solid good copy. (#179474).

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