Yosemite Illustrated in Colors

Thirteen Full Page Chromo Lithographs

text and poems by Warren Cheney and Harry Dix

illustrated by H.W. Hansen and Carl Dahlgren 

First edition.  San Francisco:  H.S. Crocker & Co., 1890 

Hardback is overall in GOOD condition.

• Gray covers with embossed overlaid bands and gilt titles. 
• Boards show some wear, smudges, bumps, chips, dings, scuffing, warping, edgewear.  Corners are worn, with exposed board.  See photos.
• Spine is worn, with chipped and frayed ends.  See ends.  
• Binding is fragile, with front board partially detached.  
• Pastedowns and feps have some ink marks, staining at periphery, front free end papers are absent. 
• Illustrations are clear, plates have fabric hinges, staining at margins, tissue guards are darkened, creased, chipped.  See photos.  
• Interior exhibits some staining at page edges.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.  See photos.  
• PS2026.0107

Unpaginated. 10.25 x 13.5 inches

First Edition.  Folio, 4 preliminary leaves, 13 chromolithograph plates after original watercolors by H. W. Hansen, 13 pages of descriptive text by Warren Cheney, poems by Harry Dix printed on tissue guards facing chromos.  Publisher's beveled boards, gray-green with bands of embossed paper laid on and ornamental gilt title at center.  Exterior shows heavy wear, with fraying at all edges, and title panel largely effaced.  As Is Good condition.  Front cover loose at top, but binding holds.  Plates and descriptive text printed on heavy stock, with cloth hinges.  Staining to all page edges, with lithographs and text block largely clean; several tissue guards absent, others show creasing, folding, chipping.   

Lithographed, printed and bound by H.S. Crocker & Co, San Francisco, 1890.  This volume was issued as a promotion to establish Yosemite as a tourist destination.  The chromolithographic views often were used with promotional material issued by various California merchants in a number of formats, including broadsides which reproduced a chromolithograph, part of a poem, and advertising copy." (Currey & Kruska 88; Cowan p. 699.)  The views show classic Yosemite views including Sentinel Rock, Bridal Veil, El Capitan, Yosemite Falls, and Half Dome.

According to a review in the Inland Printer (December 1890, page 242), each of the plates was printed in 17 colors, which required a total of 221 stones.  2000 copies were printed, after which the voluminous stones were destroyed due to the excessive cost of storage.  

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