Facets of Yosemite 1940 by Frances Osbourne-Stalling w signed Bert Harwell poems.

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Cover made from California Redwood.

This 6.75 x 10.0, 16 page book is a true rarity amongst collectors of Yosemite literature. This item, which was more commonly issued as a paper pamphlet was put into a pine wood covered edition. The two boards are professionally made of plywood and are held together with book-binders taping, as shown in the pictures. The picture of Yosemite Falls is indented and then pasted to the front cover and the printed title and author's name are nicely stamped to the wooden front. There is no lettering to the spine. The binding tape slight tear top of spine. binding is still very tight and secure. The interior of this 16-page pamphlet shows the end papers glued to the wooden boards. The 16-pages of the text itself are in beautiful condition with the artistic lining on the pages and the tasteful brown lettering used for the poems. This could be a one-of-a-kind edition for any Yosemite collector. 16 pages. 

Included with the book are two poems paper signed by Bert Harwell Yosemite park Naturalist to Frances Osbourne Stallings. These were found paperclipped inside the front cover of the book and left a slight tear and paperclip imprint on the papers first pages.