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Fourteen works on the Sierra Nevada

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Sierra Nevada Emigrant Trails: Guides and Books: 1) History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra by McGlashan. Reprint of the 1880 work. The first serious work on the Donner party. 2) History of the Donner Party. Same as above. Hard cover. E

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Ansel Adams Signed "Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada": Adams Ansel Ansel Adams Signed "Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada" Ansel Adams Signed "Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada" Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1948. 8.25" x 10.25". Signed by Adams on the

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1872 1ed Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada California Geological Survey Yosemite: 1872 1ed Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada California Geological Survey Yosemite A rare first edition printing of the 19th-century explorational account of esteemed American geologist and mountaineer, C

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Sierra Nevada Mine Photograph; c. 1900 [154680]: Photograph of the Sierra Nevada Mine in Virginia City, Nevada. Taken by William Cann around 1900. Nice birds' eye view of the mine. Mounted photograph, 10 x 8 inches overall. Good condition. Date: Cou

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Fourteen works on flora, wildflowers and fauna: Title: Various titles Author: Various authors Place: Various places Publisher: Various publishers Date: Various dates Description: Selection of 14 books, relating to flowers. Condition: Good- Very goo

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Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada by King, 1874 [179333]: 1874 Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada by Clarence King. Yosemite, Mt. Whitney, Shasta etc. 308pp with foldout California map with 1.5" tear. Binding has wear. California

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Birds & Mammals of the Sierra Nevada With Records: Birds and Mammals of the Sierra Nevada. With Records from Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Sumner, Lowell. University of California Press. First edition. Illustrated. Folding maps. Octavo. Ple

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Harper's Weekly Lumbering Woodcut Prints (13) [147803]: 1) "A Perilous Trip - Shooting a Flume in the Sierra Nevada", June 2, 1877 (23"h x 16"w). 2) "Sketches of Logging Operations in the Saginaw District of Michigan" November 12, 1880 (4 Illus., 23"h x 16

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Plumas County Poll Tax 1907 [151190]: Plumas County Poll Tax Roll Book dated 1907. A county in the Sierra Nevada of California in the U.S. Measures 10 1/2" x 16." Bound and in fair condition, just slightly aged. Common occupations at the

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Carson City Check Collection incl. Boca Brewing, Indian Affairs, & Rare RN [148211]: Lot of 21. Best three rare checks are: 1) Boca Brewing Company, 1885, Bullion & Exchange Bank. Famous for their Boca Beer brewed in the Sierra Nevada near Truckee. 2) 1895 check issued to the Commissi

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Wild Flowers and Trees Library (115247): Lot of 30+. Included: Introduced Trees of Central California, Metcalf, 1968; Intro. to Shore Wildflowers, Munz; Trees of California Sierra Nevada, Petrides; Field Guide to Wildflowers Western Region,

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Photography Books, Famous Photographers, Etc.: Description: Fourteen photography books, most featuring work by famous photographers, including Dan Winters, Ricardo Barros (signed), Paul Strand, Jay Maisel, David Plowden, Vivian Maier, Chase Jarvis

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Bodies Gold Tall Tales & True History California Mining: Bodies' Gold. Tall Tales & True History from a California Mining Town. First edition. Full number line. Sprague, Margerite. University of Nevada Press. 4to. Illustrated. Important reference work. Plea

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History California Counties: Heading: (California) Author: Sawyer, Eugene T. Title: Two Works on Santa Clara, Placer, and Nevada Counties with Biographical Sketches Place Published: Los Angeles Publisher:Historic Record Company

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[14] books of a set of the Works of Charles Dickens: Fourteen books of a set of the works of Charles Dickens (New York, n.d. but c. 1890). Bound in contemporary quarter-leather with marbled boards. No volume numbers are given, so it is uncertain whether

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1890 History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming Book: 1890 - The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft. History of Nevada, Colorado and Wyoming 1540-1888. Vol. XXV. Gold Leaf Pages. Leather Bound. Binding is torn. Please see photos and come to the 2 day preview

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Description: Selection of fourteen books about the Sierra Nevada. Highlights Include: Title: My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir. Published in Boston by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911. With illustrations from drawings made by the author in 1869 and from photographs by Herbert W. Gleason. Hardcover. Title: Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada. Published in London by T. Fisher Unwin, 1903. Hardcover. Bound in red cloth with gilt letters. Title: The treasure of the Sierra Madre by, B. Traven. Published in London by Chatto & Windus, 1934. Hardcover. Bound in brown cloth with gilt letters. Condition: Good- Very good.

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Fourteen works on the Sierra Nevada

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