Feb 17, 2004 - Sale 1996

Sale 1996 - Lot 11

Unsold
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
(WATKINS, CARLETON E.) (1829-1916)
The Yosemite Book; A Description of the Yosemite Valley and the Adjacent Region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the Big Trees of California. By J. D. Whitney. With 28 mounted photographs, comprising 24 by Carleton E. Watkins, 4 by W. Harris, and 2 large fold-out maps. Albumen prints, approximately 6x8 inches and the reverse, with letterpress captions on mount recto. Large 4to, half morocco gilt, light wear on extremities, foxing on preliminaries; all edges gilt. one of 250 copies.

New York: Published by the authority of the Legislature by Julius Bien, 1868