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  • WHERE THE WATERS DIVIDE: A Walk Along America's Continental Divide. by Berger, Karen and Daniel R. Smith.
    Berger, Karen and Daniel R. Smith.
    WHERE THE WATERS DIVIDE: A Walk Along America's Continental Divide.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harmony, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of a New York husband-and-wife team's 182-day, 2580-mile walk along the Continental Divide from Mexico to Canada. Maps, index. 324 pp. ISBN: 0-517-588048.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket.(remainder line)

    Book ID: 52958
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  • READING THE MOUNTAINS OF HOME. by Elder, John.
    Elder, John.
    READING THE MOUNTAINS OF HOME.

    Edition: First printing.

    Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, (1998). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book discussing the author's exploration of a northeastern mountain habitat, in this case the Bristol Cliffs Wilderness area near the author's home in Vermont. He hike through this "new" wilderness area, the result of a 1974 act, protecting re-forested (formerly farmed) mountains, noting the many subtle changes and details, and using Robert Frost's poem "Directive" as a guide. SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated with maps and drawings by Mal Schroder. Notes, selected readings, index. x, 253 pp. ISBN: 0-674748883.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80000
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  • Grass, James and Bowers, Carla.
    WATERFALLS USA: A Hiking Guide and Travel Planner.

    Edition: First edition.

    Bloomington, IN: JRG, Inc. 1999. SIGNED first edition - A large format book (measuring 11 inches by 8 1/2), spiral-bound for easy reference with stiff glossy covers. A guide to over 600 waterfalls in the lower 48 states of the US, with directions to each, and many photographs taken by the authors. The emphasis has been on lesser-known falls, most of which are easily accessible by a day hike or less. Included are such features as topographical map references and the best time of year to view the falls. 372 pages. ISBN: 0-9672871-03.

    Condition: A new copy, SIGNED by J G and Carla Bowers opposite the title page.

    Book ID: 57210
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  • PATHWAY IN THE SKY: The Story of the John Muir Trail. by Roth, Hal.
    Roth, Hal.
    PATHWAY IN THE SKY: The Story of the John Muir Trail.

    Edition: First printing.

    Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, (1965) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An account of the events leading to the creation of this of the 212-mile trail, as well as a guide to each section of the trail, with information about the geology, the flora and fauna and its history, as the trail traverses passes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains from Yosemite Valley to Mt. Whitney. Illustrated throughout with mostly black and white photographs, but also a few in full color. INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page and uncommon thus. Maps, notes and references. Folio-sized. 231 pp. Map endpapers.

    Condition: Very near fine in light blue cloth a good dustjacket. with some small chips and edgewear (now protected by an archival cover, original price of 8.50 still present)

    Book ID: 84947
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  • [Sierra Club] LeComte, Joseph; Matthes, Francois; Colby William Edward and others.
    SIERRA CLUB BULLETIN, Vol IX, No 1, January 1913.

    Edition: First printing in wrappers.

    San Francisco: The Sierra Club, 1913. First edition - Publication No. 47 of the Sierra Club. Includes' Little Studies in the Yosemite Valley' by Francois E Matthes; 'The Soda Springs Property in the Tuolumne Meadows' by Joseph Le Conte; 'A Lightning Struck Tree in Kern Canon' by Willis Linn Jepson; 'National Parks--The Need of the Future' by James Bryce; Milestone Mountain and a New Kings-Kern Pass by William Colby and more. Illustrated with many photographs; advertisements including one for 'tramping boots' and others for railroads. 83 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in printed peach colored wrappers.

    Book ID: 23923
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  • [Sierra Club) Robbins, Royal; Brower, David; Colby, Will; Hyde, Philip and others.
    SIERRA CLUB BULLETIN, Vol 45, No 9, December 1960.

    Edition: First printing in wrappers.

    Washington, D.C.: The Sierra Club, 1960. First edition - Includes an article on climbing El Capitan by Royal Robbins, a section of photographs on endangered places by Philip Hyde with text by Brower, an article on scenic roads and more. Illustrated with photographs throughout. 92pp.

    Condition: Near fine in printed green wrappers.

    Book ID: 28965
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  • WILD : From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail. by Strayed, Cheryl .
    Strayed, Cheryl .
    WILD : From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. dj. Hardcover first edition - From the dust jacket: "A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven hundred mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe and built her back up again. At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life: to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State and to do it alone. She had no 'an idea, vague and outlandish and full of…

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    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. dj. Hardcover first edition - From the dust jacket: "A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven hundred mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe and built her back up again. At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life: to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State and to do it alone. She had no 'an idea, vague and outlandish and full of promise.' But it was a promise of piecing back together a life that had come undone. Strayed faces down rattlesnakes and black bears, intense heat and record snowfalls, and both the beauty and loneliness of the trail." Basis for the movie of the same name. 315 pp. ISBN: 0-307-592731.

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    Condition: Very good in very good first issue dust jacket (previous owner's name on front endpaper, short tear at upper corner of front cover, etc) .

    Book ID: 71959
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