L. W. Currey, Inc.

UNITED STATES. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. General information regarding Yosemite National Park[,] California ... open all year. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1933. 23.2x14.8 cm, pp. [i-ii] iii-viii 1-60 [61-62] [63-64: blank], 10 illustrations from photographs (including 3 on covers), 1 birdseye view and 3 maps (all folded), original pictorial cream wrappers printed in black, stapled. At head of title: "United States Department of the Interior / Harold L. Ickes, Secretary / National Park Service / Horace M. Albright, Director." Provides general information about Yosemite National Park, rules and regulations for the park, approved 21 December 1932, and "authorized rates for public utilities season of 1933," which provides detailed information on goods and services provided by hotels, lodges and camps, stores, transportation and other services within the park. The birdseye view and maps are: "Bird's-eye view of Yosemite Valley looking eastward to the crest of the Sierra Nevada," "Automobile guide map showing roads in Yosemite Valley" (folded), drawn by "Black," which includes visitor services and points of interest, undated "Map of Yosemite National Park" (folded), and "Locations of 22 National Parks and 38 National Monuments Administered by the National Park Service" (folded). Wrappers just a bit dusty, a nearly fine copy. These booklets are chock full of interesting statistics and park history and are underrated as resource material, and they are now uncommon. (#179308).