Yosemite and Its Innkeepers Unknown - 1975

Yosemite: Flying Spur Press, 1975, 1976. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Ansel Adams et al. Quarto, softcover, near fine in white pictorial wraps with one of Ansel Adams' famous photos on back cover. Frontis map of the whole of Yosemite and two in-lays of Old Village, 1925, and Lower Yosemite Village 1886. 176 pp. with hundreds of b & w photos throughout. Foreword by Horace Albright. Gives history of the Park during the depression years, war years, peace years, the crowds of the 50's and 60's. Published in the 70's. Second printing.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Yosemite, CA: Flying Spur Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Association copy, inscribed to Horace Albright--who wrote the foreword to this volume--on a typed, signed label affixed to the first blank: "May 17, 1975, For Horace Albright, whose memories and Foreword enhance this book, with the appreciation, admiration, and deep affection of the author. Shirley."  Laid in at front is stapled article torn neatly from the summer 1974 issue of California Historical Quarterly by Sargent with the title "Welllllcome to Camp Curry," an article in the lead up to this book. Notations on the back may be in Albright's hand. Also included is a photocopy of a one-page article that describes the opening of The Ahwahnee Hotel from what may be a National Parks Association publication. Labels were Shirley Sargent's usual mode, it would seem because her handwriting (from other samples we've seen) was actually very tough verging on impossible to read. Her labels suggest a level of advanced thoughtfulness and have… Leer más