[Rarebooks] fs: California, Giant Sequoias, 1920s real photos

[Back Creek Books]

Greetings Booklovers,

We are pleased to offer:
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(No. 10133)   Ellsworth, Rodney Sydes and Arthur C. Pillsbury (photographs). 
THE GIANT SEQUOIA: A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPOSITION OF THE SEQUOIA GIGANTEA OF THE 
SIERRA NEVADA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE MARIPOSA GROVE OF YOSEMITE 
NATIONAL PARK [COVER TITLE: THE GIANT SEQUOIA "THE OLDEST LIVING THINGS"
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Yosemite: Pillsbury's Pictures, Inc., [1920s]. Wrappers, Quarto, [39 pages], 
black and white photographs. Very Good.
      Narrative text on the wonders of Yosemite's Mariposa Grove of some 490 
giant Sequoia trees, along with 10 actual photographs by Arthur Pillsbury 
tipped in. Among the photographs herein are the General Sherman tree and the 
famous Wawona "tunnel" tree. Heavy grey stock printed in black with stapled 
spine. Minor browning to exterior edges, some mild rippling to pages. 
Uncommon.
 $250.00 - Photo(s) and secure ordering:
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