New York: New York Graphic Society, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. 12 x 15 inches, oblong. 116 plates. First printing, signed by Adams on a bookplate (one of a special edition prepared for Time/Life subscribers) affixed to the front free endpaper. Edges of boards are slightly sunned, else a fine copy. Dust jacket has one closed tear to the lower corner of the front panel. Includes many of Adams' most beloved (and oft-reproduced) images of Yosemite. Signed by Author(s). (Item #12921)

Yosemite Park and Currey Company, 1936. First Edition. Soft cover. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Stapled binding, 8.5 x 12 in, in pictorial wrappers. Unpaginated, but 50 pp, with one color and many black and white photographs by Adams. An exceptionally fine copy in the original textured glassine dust jacket, which has some small chips to the top edge and a short tear to the rear fold. Adams worked as a photographer for the Park's official concessionaire, the Yosemite Park and Curry Company, during the first half of the 1930s. That relationship came to an end with the publication of this book, which Adams knew nothing about until he saw it for sale in a gift shop. (Item #12919)

Washington, D.C. United States Senate, 1974. First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 35 pp, 7.25 x 11 inches, stapled binding. Light creasing, spotting, and one tear to first page/front cover, otherwise little wear. Proposal for the creation, boundaries, and administration of a new national park in Alaska's Central Brooks Range, based not only on the area's wild beauty, but also the "unequalled historic sites of man's early Arctic occupancy and significant current Eskimo cultural importance." In keeping with the provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANSCA), the bill provided for the joint management (with the Nunamiut Corporation and the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation) of wilderness areas designated as "native subsistence use areas." The bill was not passed in this form, but it was a precursor to the ultimate establishment of Gates of the Arctic National Park in 1980. (Item #12877)

New York: George H. Doran, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 263 pp, indexed, illustrated from photographs; map endpapers. Original green cloth boards lettered in gilt, with mounted illustration on front board.No dust jacket. Inscribed by Katharine Bemis and dated in the year of publication on the front free endpaper. Light rubbing to corners, spine ends, spine slightly sunned, paper over front hinge cracked. Otherwise sound and clean. The authors traveled extensively by horseback in the Park's backcountry before writing first full-length guide to Glacier (which became a National Park in 1910), with information on lodging, trails and roads, lakes and glaciers, wildlflowers, and local Blackfoot history and lore. There is also a rather amusing chapter on "Types of Tourists." (Item #12826)

Printed by Rand McNally for the Santa Fe Railway. Soft cover. Very Good. 40 pp, in stapled color pictorial wrappers, extensively illustrated with b/w photos, folding map of the Granite Gorge Section at rear. Undated, but with a copyright of 1910 on the rear cover, and probably from about that date. Light edgewear, small tear at base of spine, small tear to one page, no markings. Includes geographic and geological description, history of exploration of the canyon, mention of the prehistoric and native inhabitants, praise for the area from "noted Americans," and information for the tourist on how to reach the Canyon (by the Santa Fe Railroad, of course), local towns, lodging, trails, tours, day trips, etc. C.A. Higgins was in charge of advertising for the Santa Fe Railroad and produced a succession of pamphlets on the Grand Canyon that, according to Farquhar (59, 60) "combined good literary quality with well chosen and well executed illustrations." (Item #12880)

Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Company, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Small 8vo 7" - 8" tall. 265 pp, with index, illustrations (author's photographs) and folding map. Pictorial green cloth; lettering stamped in gilt. Pale dampstain visible on top edge and gutter, not affecting illustrations or print. Offsetting to title page and following page. In the scarce original dust jacket, which is missing sizeable chips at the spine ends and has been extensively reinforced with archival tape. An early guide book that, while now outdated, "provides interesting comparisons of the trail trips with those of today. James was thoroughly familiar with the history and lore of the region, and in some instances--notably the boat trips of Loper, Russell, and Monett, he furnishes data for later historians" (Farquhar 65). (Item #11226)

Knoxville, TN: J.L. Caton, 1937. Soft cover. Very Good. [30] pp. 8.5 x 11 inches, stapled. Lightly rumpled from handling, vertical crease from folding, price handwritten on cover. Brochure promoting the Park as "a national playground" of unsurpassed beauty, whose attractions can all be reached "by paved motor roads or by Grade-A U.S. Government horseback and walking trails." Includes history of the Park (which was still expanding at the time of publication), description and photographs of the park's natural features, birds, and wildflowers; a map with suggested routes for motorists, and short section on the Cherokee Indians. (Item #12927)

Louisville, KY and New York: C.G. Darnall/The Albertype Co., 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Souvenir view book with Introduction and 16 views, each with a page of text opposite., 5.25 x 7 inches, oblong. String-tied pictorial cloth boards. Light edgewear, one view damaged at the corner, else very good. On the verso of the front free endpaper is written "Mr. + Mrs. Henry C. Higgins and Mrs. Thomas Higgins visited Mammoth Cave on their way home from Florida in the year 1892 and stayed in the Mammoth Cave Hotel and [illegible] this book when there." Views include the Mammoth Cave Hotel, mouth of the cave, saltpetre vats, water pipes used in 1812-14, the Bridal Altar, the Old Arm Chair, Martha Washington's Statue, the Bridge of Sighs, Star Chamber, the Echo River, etc. (Item #12907)

Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. 199 pp, illustrated with b/w photos of the parks and national monuments. Bound in limp brown pebbled leather stamped in gilt, with marbled endpapers. Leather edgeworn, chip to foot of spine. Tight binding, no markings. Offers a comprehensive overview (descriptive and statistical) of the state of each of the country's 19 National Parks which, according to Mather, are "our antidote for national restlessness. They emphasize that there is within our mode of government something that looks beyond the merely materialistic and political and endeavors to furnish a means of rational national recreation to its people, through which they may be more firmly bound to another and to our system of government." He goes on to write of the great need for new roads to accommodate motor traffic and to detail plans for expansion of the park system. This was the personal copy of Colonel Ed Fletcher, with his name stamped on the front cover. Colonel Fletcher (1872-1955) was an automobile enthusiast and a prominent developer of land, water resources, and roads in early twentieth century San Diego. (Item #12893)

San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club, 1914. First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 17-page article with a map a 6 b/w plates, part of a single issue of the Sierra Club Bulletin. Edges chipped, "Mountaineers" stamps on cover and first page; else clean. Describes a 1913 hiking expedition made by 102 members of the Mountaineers hiking club up the Elwha River, across Low Divide and down the Quinault watershed. Founded in 1906, the Mountaineers played a primary role in opening the interior of the Olympics to recreational hiking. Starting in 1907, they made repeated summer outings, working cooperatively with the Forest Service to build trails. Following the expedition described here, the club resolved "to investigate the matter of the construction of club lodges and mountain shelters." Theodore Roosevelt had declared the area around Mount Olympus a National Monument in 1909; an expanded Olympic National Park was created in 1938. This issue also includes Leconte's article "Scambles About Yosemite," which recounts five weeks spent hiking and climbing, including some previously unexplored routes. (Item #12924)

1931. Soft cover. Very Good. 10" x 13" photograph album, 25 leaves with 198 mounted photographs, many captioned in a neat hand, and an additional 24 leaves unused. Alligator skin binding, string-tied. Moderate edgewear and what appears to be charring to the front; internals fine. Approximately 60 of the photos were taken in Yellowstone National Park. Other locales include Hot Springs, SD; Wind Cave National Park; the Black Hills; Devil's Tower; Grand Teton National Park; the Big Horn Mountains (WY); Salt Lake City and the Great Salt Lake; Rocky Mountain National Park; and Denver. Primarily depicting natural features and treacherous roads, but with some images of the travelers in camp, posing with the day's catch, on a sunny rock, or in front of road/elevation signs, and just a few cityscapes (Salt Lake, Denver). Many disconcertingly close up pictures of bears in Yellowstone. (Item #12912)

Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs Smith, 1989. Soft cover. Very Good. Later printing. 96 pp. Stories by Williams accompanied by beautiful color photographs taken primarily in Utah's national parks: Zion, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, and Canyonlands, as well as the Escalante Wilderness and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Very slight sunning to spine, mild bump to one corner. Inscribed by Williams on the front endpaper "...in the name of these beloved lands..." and dated in 1995. Signed by Author(s). (Item #12875)

Oregon Short Line, 1910. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8 x 10.25 inches; [37] pp; stapled wrappers. Light dust soiling to wraps, else minimal wear. A lovely promotional piece, extensively illustrated with Haynes' photographs, many colored, as well as a birdseye topographical view of the park and a two page map showing the routes of the Oregon Short Line, Union Pacific, Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co., and Southern Pacific railroads across the United States. The text describes some of the major attractions of the Park (including the "tame wild animals"--this accompanied by a photo of people hand-feeding a bear from the back of a wagon), provides a timetable of geyser erruptions, and details of accommodations, stage travel, and railroad fares for the 1910 season. (Item #12906)