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Kneeland, Samuel, 1821-1888 The Wonders of Yosemite Valley and of California [1st Edition]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04060 Author/Creator: Kneeland, Samuel, 1821-1888 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Book Date: 1871 Pagination: 1 v. : 70 p. : Height: 26.5 cm, Width: 17.8 cm Order a Copy

With ten original photographic illustrations by John P. Soule. Geographic and historical sketch of the Yosemite Valley, located in central California. Title and text within red line borders. Original decorated cloth, gilt edges, and gilt spine and cover titles. Dr. Kneeland was a professor of zoology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Kneeland, Samuel, 1821-1888
Soule, John Payson, 1827-1904
Moore, Alexander, fl. 1871

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