Title: Californian Pictures in Prose and Verse Author: Avery, Benjamin Park Place: New York Publisher: Hurd & Houghton Date: 1878 Description: 344 pp. Wood engraved plates. 8¾x6¼, original publishers full blindstamped brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. First Edition. Includes mention of John Muir, discussing his theory that glacial action was the main force in shaping Yosemite Valley, and noting that Muir "combines the feeling of a poet with the patient observation of a scientist". Cowan p.24. Lot Amendments Condition: Extremities rubbed; very good. Item number: 200598
Title: Californian Pictures in Prose and Verse Author: Avery, Benjamin Park Place: New York Publisher: Hurd & Houghton Date: 1878 Description: 344 pp. Wood engraved plates. 8¾x6¼, original publishers full blindstamped brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. First Edition. Includes mention of John Muir, discussing his theory that glacial action was the main force in shaping Yosemite Valley, and noting that Muir "combines the feeling of a poet with the patient observation of a scientist". Cowan p.24. Lot Amendments Condition: Extremities rubbed; very good. Item number: 200598
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