Francois E Matthes (44 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Language: English
Published by University of California Press July 1950 1950
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Fair - Cash. General use wear, surface and edges rubbed. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. Corners are bumped. Cover has creases. Unmarked pages. Top of fore edge has some push marks, has bumps and scuffs all over page edges. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

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Condition: Good. Good condition. 4th printing. (California, Yosemite Valley, geology, pictorial works) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Published by U of California Press 1956
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Published by Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press 1950
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- First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Large octavo. B&W illustrations, map. Fine in fine DJ. Pages: x, 136.
Published by United States Government Printing Office. 1900
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Good. ORIGINAL 1900 Article, disbound from USGS 21st Annual Report; ex-corporate library; missing covers; spine reinforced w/ tape; light creasing of upper corner of leaves; light browning of leaves; o/w in good condition. Book.

Published by University of California Press, Berkeley; Los Angeles 1950
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Very good. [x], 136p. 2nd printing (1956) Cover edges lightly worn. United States Geological Survey geologist and topographer Matthes created his report on the geologic features of Sequoia National Park in the Sierra Nevada mountains as a pictorial guide in three volumes that could serve as a conducted tour… of the area. The contents of the three albums are presented here, edited with minimal changes, and published to make Matthes' work available to all. Includes glossary. B&w illustrations and photographs. (9-3/4"x6-1/2").

Published by University of California Press 1956
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. Second Printing '56. Text and images are clean and unmarked. The photo illustrated wrapper shows some general handling, sunning on the spine.
More imagesPublished by University of California Press
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, U.S.A.ThriftBooksVintage
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Published by University of California Press 1950
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. University of California Press, Berkeley & Los Angeles, 1950. Hardcover, 136 pp. 1st edition. With black & white photo illustrations. Very good with age toning of endpapers, touches of shelf wear at extremities. Dust jacket tattered with general soiling, scuffs and small chips. Original price is…intact on jacket flap. Jacket is in a new mylar sleeve.
Published by 21st Ann Rept, US Geol Survey 1900
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- First Edition
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 21st Ann Rept, US Geol Surv, pp. 167-190+ Dble-page Color Map, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, stapled & trimmed, thus is like a pamphlet, VG.
Language: English
Published by Univ California Press, Berkeley 1950
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- First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 136 pp., Photos, Illus, Orig Blue Hardback, White Spine Title, Near Fine in DJ with edge tearout (in Protective Plastic Cover), 1st ed [Contains 124 Photographs with Interpretations].
Published by university of california 1950 1950
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Add to basketex libris (usual cancellation markings)136pp excellent in very good d/w (sl rubbing, sl tears to extremities).

Language: English
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Add to basketHeft. Condition: Gut. 20 Seiten mit zahlr. Ill. Der hier angebotene Sonderdruck stammt aus der Separaten-Sammlung einer wissenschaftlichen Bibliothek und trägt einen den Text nicht verdeckenden Stempel. Seiten alters-/papierbedingt angebräunt; ansonsten sehr guter Erhaltungszustand. ENGLISCH; Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm:…80.

Language: English
Published by United States Government Printing Office, Washington Dc 1960
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- First Edition
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Vi, 62. Large Format Soft Cover. Folding Pocket With Maps In Rear. Near Fine, No Marks. Photographs, Maps; Large Folding Map And Folding Plan In Pocket At Rea (illustrator).

Published by University of California Press., Berkeley. 1966
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Contact seller4-star sellerSoft cover. First edition, fourth printing. Illustrated with photographs by Ansel Adams. Folding map "Walking & Hiking Trails of Yosemite Valley". Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (very light shelf wear). 160 pps.
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1899-1900; PART II, GENERAL GEOLOGY, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, ALASKA
Walcott, Charles D.; Cross, Whitman; Spencer, Arthur Coe; Matthes, Francois E.; Brooks, Alfred H.
Published by U. S. Geological Survey, Washington DC 1900
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Add to basketCloth Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. 522pp + many great photo plates & color fold-out maps. List of publications. Index. No map in rear pocket. Geology of the Rico Mountains, Colorado. Alaska & other explorations & surveys. Front hinge split so cover is loose but interior is good. Size: Large 4to. ALASKA.
Published by Government rinting Office, Washington DC 1930
Seller: Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, U.S.A.Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerFolding color lithograph map of the Yosemite Valley from Professional Paper 150. Small stamp (half square inch) from the Huntington Library. Excellent condition.

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paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Published by United states government printing office, WASHINGTON 1960
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Condition: BUONO USATO. INGLESE Prefazione a cura di F.Fryxell, pagine in buonissimo stato di conservazione, piccolo segno di piega/d'urto ai bordi laterali, con fig.in nero nei testi e f.t., timbro di vecchia biblioteca regolarmente acquisita ai margini di alcune carte, al retro piatto post.è presente una busta contenente 2 car…tine ripiegate, brossura editoriale flessibile, con piccola scritta a penna al piatto anteriore, qualche ombrature ed aloni gialli al posteriore, usura da scaffalatura. Numero pagine 62.

Sierra Club Bulletin - March 1948. Wildlife, Conserve, Manage, or Lament ?; Are Mules Necessary?; Frostbite; Babes in Sierra-Land; Hans Huth; Yosemite; Moraines; Lost Arrrow; Mount Confederation
Milton Hildebrand; David R. Brower; H. Stewart Kimball; Daniel H. Condit; John Thomas Howell; Hans Huth; William E. Colby; Francois E. Matthes; Richard H. Felter; Anton Nelson; John D. Mendenhall
Language: English
Published by Sierra Club, San Francisco 1948
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- Periodical
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Add to basketOriginal Printed Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1948. First Edition. March, 1948 [Vol 33, No.3]. Original printed wrappers, 9" x 6". Photographs. Minimal wear; near fine to fine, all around. Color frontis of Mount Waddington, plus 32 B&W plates, including eight by Fletcher Hoyt, eight…by William Hail, eight by Haven Jorgensen, five by Lowell Sumner, others. Articles include: Waddington Country - 1947 (Robin Hansen); Wildlife, Conserve, Manage, or Lament ? (Milton Hildebrand); Are Mules Necessary ? (David R. Brower); Frostbite: Its Physiology and Treatment (H. Stewart Kimball, M.D.); Babes in Sierra-Land (Daniel H. Condit); "Go and Look Behind the Ranges" (John Thomas Howell); Hans Huth and His Story (David R. Brower); Yosemite: The Story of an Idea (Hans Huth); Yosemite's Fatal Beauty (William E. Colby); Moraines with Ice Cores in the Sierra Nevada (Francois E. Matthes); Surveying California's Ski Terrain (David R. Brower and Richard H. Felter); Five Days and Nights on the Lost Arrow (Anton Nelson); The First Ascent of Mount Confederation (John D. Mendenhall); and a variety of regular departments. SC1. Fletcher Hoyt; William Hall; Haven Jorgensen; Lowell Sumner (illustrator).
Published by University of California Press, Berkely 1956
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- First Edition
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Fine. First Paper-Bound Edition. Second Impression, originally published in hardcover in 1950. Includes 24 Photographs by Ansel Adams. A Fine copy in yellow and grey illustrated wrappers, as issued. 160pp. Uncommonly nice. Q03781.

Published by United States Government Printing Office, WASHINGTON 1930
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Condition: DISCRETO USATO. Geological Survey Professional Paper INGLESE Volume numero 160 della serie Geological Survey Professional Paper. Brossura in cartoncino, mancante del piatto posteriore, scurita e con strappetti al dorso. Pagine ingiallite, con testo a due colonne e corredate da 37 figure nel testo e 52 tavole fuori tes…to, a colori ed in bianco e nero, anche ripiegate. Numero pagine 136.

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'Geologic History of the Yosemite Valley' is a seminal scientific study that provides a comprehensive analysis of the formation and evolution of one of the world's most iconic natural landscapes. Written by renowned geologist François E. Matthes, this work represents a landmark in the under…standing of how glacial activity and tectonic forces shaped the dramatic cliffs, deep canyons, and unique rock formations of the Sierra Nevada range.

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More imagesSierra Club Bulletin - February 1930. Ten Ansel Adams photographs; Devil's Postpile; The Wolverine and the Badger; High Bivouacs; High Sierra; Freemont in the Sierra Nevada; skiing. Maps.
Sierra Club [editor]; Francis P. Farquhar; Francois E. Matthes; Marion Randall Parsons; Dorothy M. Emmet; Edward Ballantine; Elmo A. Robinson; Walter L. Huber; Neill C. Wilson; Walter Fry; Don Tresidder; Orland Bartholomew
Language: English
Published by Sierra Club, San Francisco 1930
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketOriginal Printed Wrappers. Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1930. First Edition. February, 1930 [Vol XV, No. I]. Original printed wrappers, 9 1/2" x 6 1/4". Photographs. Near Fine; small closed tear at front right (see scans), otherwise no flaws beyond the omnipresent edge curl caused by the…circuit-binding ("yapp" binding) format. Very high grade example. Binding is, of course, sturdy. 122 numbered pp. + 33 B&W Plates, 29 of them photographs, including ten by Ansel Adams. The other four include one plate from a lithograph and three from maps. Articles include: The Devils Postpile and Its Strange Setting (Francois E. Matthes); The Twenty-Eighth Outing (Marion Randall Parsons); A British Student Looks at the Sierra Club Outing (Dorothy M. Emmet); A Song (Edward Ballantine); The Changing Sierra (Elmo A. Robinson); The John Muir Trail (Walter L. Huber); High Bivouacs (Neill C. Wilson); The Wolverine and the Badger (Walter Fry); An Introduction to Skiing (Don Tresidder); A Winter in the High Sierra (Orland Bartholomew); Fremont in the Sierra Nevada (Francis P. Farquhar); and a variety of regular and special departments. Please review all scans. l-sc2. From Photographs (illustrator).
More imagesSierra Club Bulletin / April 1938. Eight Ansel Adams photographs; High Sierra, Palisades, Bishop Creek, Skiways, Cascades, Mountaineering, Camp Meals, Grizzly Bears, Casa Diablo Geyser
Farquhar, Francis P. (Editor); Merrill Moores, Francois E. Matthes, William E.Colby, Walter A. Starr, Carl P. Jensen, Norman Clyde, David R. Brower, W. Kenneth Davis, Elmo A. Robinson, Vernon Bailey, Joseph Grinnell, Arthur H. Blake
Language: English
Published by Sierra Club, San Francisco 1938
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1938. First Edition. April, 1938 [Vol XXIII, No. 2]. Original printed wrappers, 9 1/2" x 6 1/4". Photographs. Near Fine - and in this case, the near fine is just about as near to fine as it can get. No salient flaws. Very, very high grade exa…mple. Binding is, of course, sturdy. 124 numbered pp. + 41 B&W Plates, most of them photographs but some sketches & maps, three 16th-17th century engravings, + ads. Eight photographs are by the great Ansel Adams. Other serious contributors from the army of photographic and illustrative talent in this issue were: John Muir, David R. Brower, Marion R. Parsons, Norman Clyde, Ervin P. McEvoy, Leland Curtis, W.B. Wheeler, Francis P. Farquhar, Walter A. Starr, Arthur H. Blake, Howard S. Gates, Charles S. Webber, Albert J. Adams, Howard Koster, and George Shochat. Articles (see scan of contents page) by Merrill Moores, Francois E. Matthes, William E.Colby, Walter A. Starr, Carl P. Jensen, Norman Clyde, David R. Brower, W. Kenneth Davis, Elmo A. Robinson, Vernon Bailey, Joseph Grinnell and Arthur H. Blake. And as always a variety of regular and special departments. Please review all scans. l-sc2. Ansel Adams, John Muir, David R. Brower, Marion R. Parsons, Norman Clyde, Ervin P. McEvoy, Leland Curtis, W.B. Wheeler, Francis P. Farquhar, Walter Starr, Arthur Blake, Howard Gates, Charles Webber,Albert J. Adams,Howard Koster,George Shochat (illustrator).
More imagesSierra Club Bulletin - January 1911. Cathedral Peak; Tuolumne; Yosemite Valley; Kings River; Gray-Crowned Leucosticte; Mount Kinabalu (Borneo); Red Peak; Mountain Meadows; "Light Burning"
William F. Bade (editor); John Muir, Francois E. Matthes, R.L. Glisan, F.W. Foxworthy, S.L. Foster, Milton S. Ray, Harold C. Bradley, F.E. Olmsted, Marion Randall Parsons
Language: English
Published by Sierra Club, San Francisco 1911
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- First Edition
- Periodical
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Add to basketOriginal Printed Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1911. First Edition. January, 1911 Issue [Vol. VIII, No.1 ]. Original printed wrappers, 9 3/4" x 6 1/4"; 88 pp. + numerous unpaginated photographic plates, other features, and ads. Very, very Near Fine, certainly one of the nicest example…s available from this early in the series. Very minute traces of handling, not even any of the typical issues with the overextending circuit binding (yapp binding). See scan. Clean, sturdy, handsome, bright. Everything we all aspire to be. See scans. The scan of the contents page lays out the array of always-inspired articles (Cathedral Peak; Tuolumne; Yosemite Valley; Kings River; Gray-Crowned Leucosticte; Mount Kinabalu (Borneo); Red Peak; Mountain Meadows; "Light Burning",and more) and their authors: John Muir, Francois E. Matthes, R.L. Glisan, F.W. Foxworthy, S.L. Foster, Milton S. Ray, Harold C. Bradley, F.E. Olmsted, and Marion Randall Parsons. The photographs for which the publications has long been famous were executed, for this issue, by Herbert W. Gleason, E.T. Parsons, M.V. Tenney, Edward Gray, H.E. Bailey, W.P. Boland, P.S. Bernays, C.C. Clarke, C.H. Hamilton, C.W. Pohlman, Mabel Sykes, R.L. Glisan, Arthur Gray, and Geo. W. Hall. with a large number of uncredited shots as well. Very difficult issue to find in this condition. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box, of course; not a bag. L SC-2. Herbert W. Gleason, E.T. Parsons, M.V. Tenney, Edward Gray, H.E. Bailey, W.P. Boland, P.S. Bernays, C.C. Clarke, C.H. Hamilton, C.W. Pohlman, Mabel Sykes, R.L. Glisan, Arthur Gray, Geo. W. Hall (illustrator).