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1960 · Best.-Nr. 14333 — San Francisco: The Sierra Club New York Lithographing Corporation Printer 1960. First Edition. Very Good Plus/Very Good. Limited to 2500 copies 8.75x5.75in; xii 1 148 pp. 2 nine images including frontispiece and facsimile of original 1875 title page bibliographical notes;Tan paper boards with brick-red cloth spine and gilt letteringl all edges trimmed tan end papers; Red dust jacket with tan letters and half-tone illustration on front and lettering on spine; Minimal shelf wear to covers corners and edges with slight rubbing at top and bottom of spine prior owner ink numbers on title page; Dust jacket Minor shelf wear to dust jacket with rubbing to joint and corners spine faded not price clipped. Joseph Le Conte 1823-1901 arrived in Berkeley in 1869 as a Professor of geology natural history and botany with the newly established University of California. In 1870 he was invited by several students to join them on a four week camping trip to Yosemite and the High Sierra. This trip was his first visit to Yosemite which began a lifetime love affair with preserving the Valley. While John Muir is more closely associated with promoting the establishment of national parks Le Conte was instrumental in laying the foundations for the Yosemite National Park in 1890. He co-founded the Sierra Club with John Muir. He died in Yosemite of a heart attack in 1901. Francis Peloubet Farquhar 1887-1974 was a mountaineer environmentalist historian author and certified public accountant. He was active in the Sierra Club from the early 1920's for the rest of his life. He was also active in the California Historical Society and the San Francisco based California Academy of Sciences. The Sierra Club (New York Lithographing Corporation Printer) unknown