Yosemite An Ode; [Cover colored painting by H. J. Breuer, Illustrations by W. E, Dassonville]

San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1916. First Edition, 1st Printing. Very Good/Good. [8.5x5.75in], [9], 16 pp., frontispiece image of Half Dome from top of Yosemite Falls, and four illustrations from photographs on plates; Dark blue-gray paper wrappers over plain boards, gilt borders with lettering on front, gilt lettering on spine, color illustration of Yosemite Valley pasted on front cover, original glassine plain dust jacket, top edge trimmed. Minor shelf wear to covers and edges, with slight fading to upper left corner of front, lower 2 inches of fore-edge on rear cover missing, spine faded; Glassine dust jacket with 1 inch chip to top of front and (truncated) extending to rear, smaller closed tears and chips along top and bottom edges. A very nice little book with a great cover and illustrations. This was a time when the natural resources of the Sierras and national park designations were under threats to remove the protections. John Muir passed in 1914 and others, including the Sierra Club, continued the support to protect Yosemite and the surrounding national parks.

The Ode is a an example of times and beauty of nature..." O domes and towers and stupendous walls! O voices of auroral waterfalls! Sierran thunderheads of cloud or stone That share the Heavens as a realm o'erthrown! How high your ancestry in Nature's art! (Inventory #: 14319)