8vo (8 7/8 x 6 1/4 in.; 225 x 158mm). Title printed in brown and green, 91pp. text printed in brown, decorative woodcut initials printed in green, 12 photochrome process prints by William Henry Jackson (8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.; 209 x 133mm), 18 silver gelatin prints (from 3 11/16 x 1 15/16 in.; 94 x 37mm, to 3 7/8 x 3 1/8 in.; 98 x 80mm) taken by the party; offsetting, minor toning. Full brown calf, upper cover pictorially printed in gilt, top edge gilt, red silk endpapers; overall rubbed, wear to silk with some loss. [With]: A duplicate copy of the same text, though the silver gelatin prints in the above volume are here printed in-text, and there is some variation in the photochrome process prints by Jackson, to include the addition of copyright information.

Eberstadt 136:667d; Howes S170; Streeter 4123

8vo (8 7/8 x 6 1/4 in.; 225 x 158mm). Title printed in brown and green, 91pp. text printed in brown, decorative woodcut initials printed in green, 12 photochrome process prints by William Henry Jackson (8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.; 209 x 133mm), 18 silver gelatin prints (from 3 11/16 x 1 15/16 in.; 94 x 37mm, to 3 7/8 x 3 1/8 in.; 98 x 80mm) taken by the party; offsetting, minor toning. Full brown calf, upper cover pictorially printed in gilt, top edge gilt, red silk endpapers; overall rubbed, wear to silk with some loss. [With]: A duplicate copy of the same text, though the silver gelatin prints in the above volume are here printed in-text, and there is some variation in the photochrome process prints by Jackson, to include the addition of copyright information.
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The memoir of a Detroit tannery magnate, privately printed. Presentation copy, inscribed: "R.H. Fyfe from Carl E. Schmidt 'That's All' Christmas 1904." A record of Schmidt's trip to Yellowstone Park and Utah, accompanied by his daughter and two friends. The 12 larger photographs are from negatives by William Henry Jackson. Jackson served as official photographer of the Hayden survey from 1870-1878, and took the first photos of Yellowstone Park. The leather for the binding was done at Schmidt's own tannery.