Muir, John
Octavo; [xiv]; 382pp. 32 captioned photographic plates, including frontispiece portrait of John Muir in Muir Woods in 1909 after photographs by Herbert W. Gleason. Map and Tables by Allen Chamberlain. Index to Map; General Index. Gilt decorated blue cloth with pictorial color image of Yosemite Falls on front cover. Upper corner tip (1/4" x 1 1/4") of page 13/14 lacking; decorative owner bookplate; small stain on ffep; else a fine copy in a bright and stricking binding. "In this book, made up of sketches first published in the Atlantic Monthly, I have done the best I could to show forth the beauty, grandeur, and all-embracing usefulness of our wild mountian forest reservations and parks, with a view to inciting the poeple to come and enjoy them, and get them into their hearts, that so at length their preservation and right use might be made sure." -- Author's description. "Our National Parks" is composed of ten articles previously published in The Atlantic Monthy celebrating the parklands of the American West. Muir captures the vital essence of Yosemite, Yellowstone, Sequoia, and other areas, detailing their natural attractions -- the breathtaking forests, lush alpine meadows, massive granite domes, towering sequoias, bursting geysers, thundering waterfalls, and crystalline glacial lakes. (Kimes 237). New and Enlarged Edition, Fully Illustrated.
Wight, Jermy Benton
SIGNED by the author. 4to. 102, [59] pp. 3 fold-out maps; illustrations, appendices. Stiff illustrated softcover in fine condition, as new. The road west -- Frederick William Lander -- 1857 the year of resolution -- The turning point -- On the road -- Tales of the trail -- 1859-1860 -- The war years -- Appendix one : newspaper clipping from the Western Dispatch, Independence Missouri, Wednesday, December 2, 1857 -- Appendix two : preliminary report, F.W. Lander, Chief Engineer Ft Kearney-South Pass-Honey Lakes Wagon Road -- Appendix three : sketch map of the 1857-8 explorations of the Pacific Wagon Road survey, F.W. Lander, Chief Engineer -- Appendix four : "Practicability of railroads through south pass" F.W. Lander, Superintendent -- Appendix five : maps prepared by the Wyoming State Archives & Historical Dept. 1959 ; Lander cut off -- east section ; Lander cut off -- west section -- Appendix six : report and map of the Central Division of the Fort Kearney, South Pass, and Honey Lake Wagon Road, F.W. Lander, January 20, 1859 -- Appendix seven : estimates for the Fort Kearney, South Pass, and Honey Lake Wagon Road, F.W. Lander, February 1, 1861 -- Appendix eight : reports of the Fort Kearney, South Pass, and Honey Lake Wagon Road, F.W. Lander, February 11, 1861.
Dane Coolidge
8vo. 162 pp. With 31 photographs taken "from the saddle", by the author. Review copy, with publisher's review slip tipped in. Orange cloth in illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (darkening to spine; minor wear to extremities). The author, posing as a professional photographer, spent many exciting months following round-ups, and he has accompanied the Texas Rangers on many a hair-raising ride. The 'Lone Star' boys enjoyed having their picture taken and in return, they initiated him into nearly every phase of the exciting routine on the San Carlos Indian Reservations: the horse-changing, the round-ups and branding, the lonely night guards, the stories, songs, and jokes. And here, he shares his stories with the Texas cowboys.
Gould, Stephen
8vo. 28, [2] pp, text single-sided. Bibliography. Red leatherette with gold lettering. Fine condition, as new. The Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railroads brought the first Chinese into Southern California to lay track as the companies crisscrossed the area with rail lines. After the tracks were completed many of the men stayed on. In 1880 Los Angeles had a Chinese population of 1,117. In "Chinese in Tustin", Gould noted that ranchers in Tustin and the outlying areas often took an all-day trip into Los Angeles with a wagon, stayed over night, and returned the next day with 20 to 25 laborers. Although it is estimated that as many as 200 to 300 Chinese lived in Tustin during the late 1880s,they were the first in the area to specialize in truck farming and they worked on local ranches. Rather than a Chinatown, "there were numerous little shacks hidden among the tall forests of mustard around Tustin." Stephen Louis "Steven" Gould (1947 - 2020) was a member of a pioneer Tustin family who arrived in Orange County in 1888, a prolific self-published author of local history, and the founder of One-by-One Ministries. His father, Jack, had farmed on the Irvine Ranch and the Goulds attended the little Irvine Community Church on Sand Canyon Ave. His family stories and personal anecdotes provided snapshots of life in Orange County not recorded elsewhere. 'Centennial Edition limited to 40 copies (this copy out of series).
