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1872 1ed Mountaineering in Serra Nevada Geology Califor

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1872 1ed Mountaineering in Serra Nevada Geology California MINING Clarence King

Clarence King was the best-recognized American geologist during the 19th-century, much of the recognition of which came from his book ‘Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada’. This work is a collection of fourteen short reports or adventures he encountered while in the mountains on the Whitney Expedition. In it, King describes the geological history of the Sierra mountain range that he encountered while mountain climbing

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KING, Clarence

Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada

Boston : James R. Osgood and Co., late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1872. First edition.

Details:

•Collation complete with all pages:

o[6], 292

•References: Howes K 148; Zamorano 80, #47; Graff 2329

•Provenance: Bookplate

oJohn Poett Redington

•Language: English

•Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure

•Size: ~8in X 5.5in (20.5cm x 14.5cm)

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