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v-xii, [13]-71 pp. Illustrated with 8 (of 10) mounted original albumen photographs by John P. Soule; tissue guards. (8vo) 26.5x18 cm (10½x6½"), original red cloth with front cover and spine decorated in black and gilt, rear cover with same design in blind, all edges gilt. First Edition.

This copy lacking the "Yosemite Falls" and "Mirror Lake and Mt. Watkins" photographs. "Kneeland took pains to get reliable information and present it with more than ordinary care. The photographic illustrations are excellent and include some unusual views" - Farquhar. Currey & Kruska note that Kneeland, a professor of zoology and physiology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "produced one of the better early guide books to the Yosemite Valley...." Cowan p.333; Currey & Kruska 225; Farquhar 10a.