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Title: In the Heart of the Sierras: The Yo Semite Valley, both Historical and Descriptive: And Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves. The High Sierra, with its Magnificent Scenery, Ancient and Modern Glaciers, and other Objects of Interest; with Tables of Distances and Altitudes, Maps, etc. Author: Hutchings, J. M. Place: Yo Semite Valley & Oakland, CA Publisher: The Old Cabin & Pacific Press Publishing House Date: 1886 Description: [4], xii, 13-496 pp. Illustrated with 28 "photo-typo" plates by Britton & Rey; numerous wood-engravings, including plates after photographs and paintings; plate of a snow plant printed in red; plus 2 maps (1 folding). (8vo) original decorative olive green cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt, floral-patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. First Edition, Second Printing. Hutchings, a pioneer of the tourist industry in Yosemite and one of the first to visit there in winter, was Guardian to the Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove between 1880 & 1884. According to Farquhar, In the Heart of the Sierras was Hutchings' crown publishing achievement and "...contains a great deal more...than an account of Hutchings' personal experiences; it covers more fully than any other work of its day every aspect of Yosemite Valley and the Big Trees that could by considered of general interest to visitors." Cowan p.299; Currey & Kruska 175; Farquhar 18b - Second (or later?) issue. Lot Amendments Condition: A bit of extremity wear, previous owners' names on front endpapers and flyleaf, bookplate; very good. Item number: 265469