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Title: A Journal of Ramblings Through the High Sierras of California by the "University Excursion Party" Author: LeConte, Joseph Place: San Francisco Publisher: Francis & Valentine Date: 1875 Description: 103 pp. With 9 original albumen photographs mounted on captioned leaves. 8½x5¼, original blue cloth stamped in gilt; with custom-made half morocco folding box. First Edition. Rare account of a camping trip in the High Sierra undertaken by University of California professor or geology and history Joseph LeConte in July and August, 1870, accompanied by Professor Frank Soule, Jr., and eight members of the student body. This was LeConte's first trip to the Yosemite region, to be followed by ten more over the next thirty years. The work is notable for the excellent photographs, some featuring members of the party in the marvelous setting of Yosemite, others the scenic wonders uncluttered by human presence. Farquhar speculates that the pictures were taken by "one or more of the professional photographers who operated in Yosemite Valley." There were ten members of the party, and according to Joseph N. LeConte, the author's son, 12 copies of the book were produced for each member, making a run of 120 copies in all. Curry & Kruska 230; Farquhar 14a; Howes L175. Formerly in the Leicester Public Library, with rubberstamp of that institution to title-page affecting the "A" before Journal. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine coloring retouched covering a spine number; lower corners of pp. 47-52 repaired, with paper replaced on pp. 51-2 affecting a few words; else very good or better, the original photographs rich in tone. Item number: 204683