In the Heart of the Sierras. The Yo Semite Valley, Both Historical and Descriptive: And Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves. The High Sierra, with Its Magnificent Scenery, Ancient and Modern Glaciers, and Other Objects of Interest; with Tables of Distances and Altitudes, Maps, Etc.

In the Heart of the Sierras. The Yo Semite Valley, Both Historical and Descriptive: And Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves. The High Sierra, with Its Magnificent Scenery, Ancient and Modern Glaciers, and Other Objects of Interest; with Tables of Distances and Altitudes, Maps, Etc. Profusely illustrated. By J. M. Hutchings of Yosemite Published at the Old Cabin, Yo Semite Valley, and at Pacific Press Publishing House, Oakland Cal. 1886. This book is a great artifact of Yosemite history! This is a rare copy of the first edition. 496 pages. Gilded, original mustard color cloth and spine. It is in fair condition. With minor bowning on the cover, spotting and foxing. It has one large folding map, and two small maps. There are 29 plates, (one in red.) There are 152 Illustrations in all! The Red plate is of the California Snow Plant. It also has the remarkable Artotype by E. Bierstadt of “The Sierras from Glacier Point” opposite page 470. (In later editions this was by Britton & Rey, S.F. not E. Bierstadt.) A feature that Currey & Kruska report to be found only in “a few copies of the first printing.” The folding map bears the scarce “Heliotype Printing Co Boston” In the frontispeice, the carriage has no passengers and the shack has no lean-to. This is a rare early copy of the first printing. The back of the book has a bear stamped in profile! Please see the photographs. Farquhar 18b; Currey & Krushka 175. …