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Title: 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. Author: Hutchings, J[ames] M[ason]. Place: Yo Semite Valley / Oakland, CA Publisher: Old Cabin / Pacific Press Date: 1886 Description: [4], xii, 13-496 pp. Illustrated with 28 "photo-typo" plates by Britton & Rey (including frontispiece "In the Heart of the Sierras" after the paintings by C.D. Robinson); numerous wood-engravings, including plates after photographs and paintings; plate of a snow plant printed in red; plus 2 maps (1 folding). 8½x5¾, original decorative olive green cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt, floral-patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. First Edition, Second Printing. Hutchings, a pioneer of the tourist industry in Yosemite & one of the first to visit there in winter, was Guardian to the Valley & the Mariposa Big Tree Grove between 1880 & 1884. According to Farquhar, In the Heart of the Sierras was Hutchings' crown publishing achievement & "...contains a great deal more...than an account of Hutchings' personal experiences; it covers more fully than any other work of its day every aspect of Yosemite Valley and the Big Trees that could by considered of general interest to visitors." Cowan p.299; Currey & Kruska 175; Farquhar 18b - Second (or later?) issue. Lot Amendments Condition: Some wear at edges, hinges repaired; very good. Item number: 202100