Hutchings, James Mason (1820-1902). In the Heart of the Sierras. Yo Semite Valley and Oakland: Published at the Old Cabin; Pacific Press Publishing, 1886.

8vo (216 x 152 mm). Large folding map, numerous photographic illustrations and in-text illustrations. Original pictorial olive cloth gilt additionally stamped in black (rubbing to spine and covers, spine ends worn). Provenance: Donald McDonald Dickinson (1846-1917), American lawyer and politician, former United States Postmaster General (ownership bookplate, ownership signature, gift inscription).

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. James Mason Hutchings was an American businessman and promoter who in 1855 led the second tourist party into the Yosemite Valley and later became one of the first to settle in the region. In 1864, Congress passed the Yosemite Grant, which designated the Yosemite Valley for public use, resulting in a decade-long battle between Hutchings and the United States government for 160 acres of land in the valley that Hutchings had claimed for himself. Cowan p.299; Currey & Kruska 175; Farquhar 18a.

[With]: Another copy. Publisher's deluxe half morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION, second issue.

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Printed Books & Early American Photography, including Selections from the Larry Ness Collection

Hutchings, James Mason (1820-1902). In the Heart of the Sierras. Yo Semite Valley and Oakland: Published at the Old Cabin; Pacific Press Publishing, 1886.

Printed Books & Early American Photography, including Selections from the Larry Ness Collection

Hutchings, James Mason (1820-1902). In the Heart of the Sierras. Yo Semite Valley and Oakland: Published at the Old Cabin; Pacific Press Publishing, 1886.

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