[Rarebooks] FS: Palmquist: Redwood and Lumbering in California Forests, 1983

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PALMQUIST, PETER E. (1936-2003), editor. 

_Redwood and Lumbering in California Forests: A Reconstruction of the
Original Edgar Cherry Edition, Edited, with an Account of its
Publication in 1884, by Peter E. Palmquist, Including a Catalog of all
Known Photographs, Preface by Gary F. Kurutz_. 

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, (1983). Series: _Publication
of the Book Club of California_, No. 174. 

Oblong 4to. 8 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches. (114) pp. 2 black-and-white
photographic plates make up the half-title and the frontispiece, title
page printed in 2 colors, 22 black-and-white photographic illustrations,
26 samples of photographs in a Catalog of photographs at the rear; text
clean, unmarked. Natural linen cloth over boards, black-and-white
photograph mounted on front cover, spine titled in brown, brown
end-papers, clear mylar dust-jacket; binding square and tight, small
scuff to the front panel of the jacket, else Fine. 

$ 50 

LIMITED EDITION of 600 copies produced by the Yolla Bolly Press, text
pages printed letterpress by James Robertson and Wesley B. Tanner at the
Yolla Bolly Press, bound at the Schubert Bookbindery. _Redwood and
Lumbering in California Forests_ first appeared in 1884 and was the
first photographically illustrated book devoted to the lumbering
industry. The now rare and attractive book contained 24 5 x 8 inch
original albumen photographs. "One of the several innovations in book
illustration in the nineteenth century was the photo-illustrated book in
which the photographs were tipped on or otherwise attached to the pages.
Surviving copies of this genre have become increasing scarce, yet they
preserve important visual records, as this handsome work on on elf the
early industries in California clearly indicates." Harlan. REFERENCE:
Harlan, _The Two Hundredth Book_, No. 174. 

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