| Author | Geological Survey of California.
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| Title | The Yosemite book : a description of the Yosemite Valley and the adjacent region of the Sierra Nevada and of the big trees of California / Geological Survey of California, J.D. Whitney, State Geologist.
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| Published | New York : J. Bien, 1868.
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| Description | 116, [3] p., xxviii, [2] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill., 2 maps ; 32 cm.
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| General Note | Photographer: C.E. Watkins; cartographers: J.T. Gardner, Charles F. Hoffmann and C. King.
"Published by authority of the Legislature."
"Illustrated by maps and photographs."
Numbered plates comprise mounted photographic prints with letterpress legends.
250 copies issued; subsequently published without the photographs, but with the maps, as: The Yosemite guide-book (Cambridge, Mass. : University Press, 1871). Cf. p. 13.
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| Summary Note | Summary: Report of a detailed geographical and geological survey organized by the State Geologist. Cf. p. 12.
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| Subjects | Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) -- Description and travel.
Yosemite Valley (Calif.)
Yosemite Valley (Calif.) -- Description and travel.
Yosemite Valley (Calif.) -- Pictorial works.
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| Other Authors | Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896,
Gardner, J. T.
Hoffmann, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1838-1913.
King, Clarence, 1842-1901,
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916, photographer.
Marston, Mary Gilman, 1879- former owner.
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| LC Card Number | 16-676 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: B 6937
mq150524: Local class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
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