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James, Harlean. ROMANCE OF THE NATIONAL PARKS.
Macmillan, New York, 1939, first edition.
240 pp, 10 1/4" H, hard cover in dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers, many b&w illustrations. "Many of the most gorgeous scenic photographs ever taken have been collected by Miss James to illustrate this book in which she discusses, first, the histor y from the days when the Blackfeet, Crow, and Shoshone Indians roamed what is now Montana and Idaho, and secondly, actual routes through the 7,000,000 acres of our National Parks. From Maine to California, from Minnesota to Florida, as well as in A laska and Hawaii, we find a wealth and diversity of scenery unequaled in any other country." Contents: Foreword; Preface; "National Park" Langford; Ten-ei-ya and Yosemite; John Muir and the Sierra Nevada; Dr. McFarland and the National Park Syste m; Stephen T. Mather and His Associates; Prospect - Philosophy of Parks and People; Magnificent Mountains of the Northwest; The Pioneer Western Parks; The Old Southwest; East of the Mississippi; Retrospect; Index. Very light edge wear, light brown ing to edges of text block, previous owner's name in ink on verso of front free endpaper, minor wrinkling at top of spine, minor edge wear. Dust jacket has been price clipped, has light wear at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, small chips at to p of spine - tiny chips at bottom of spine and top/bottom of flap-folds - tape on the inside surface, light rubbing/soiling on rear panel. Very Good/Very Good-
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25.00 USD
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