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Kansas City: Ramsay, Millett & Hudson, 1882. 8vo. 99 pp., advertisements at beginning and end. Original brown cloth, gilt-decorated with Old Faithful on the front cover. Slightly toned and with light wear at extremities, one front blank leaf and leaf of Bozeman, Mont. ads at rear removed. FIRST EDITION. A complete guide by W. W. Wylie, who made three expeditions through the region in the preparation of his book.

Kansas City, Missouri: Publishing House of Ramsey, Millett & Hudson, 1882., 1882. First edition. First edition. 6 3/4" x 5 1/4" in original dark green cloth with gilt vignette of a geyser on the cover. 99 pp. plus [12] pp. of advertisements. Inscribed by the author "Compliments of the Author." Preface. Contents. Introduction. Advertisements. "All tourists do not feel able to hire guides; and since plain roads are now Open to all points of interest, what is needed, it seemed to the author, is a real guide-book. It was during this first tour Of Wonderland that the purpose was originated to try to prepare such a book." This is the rare volume of William Wallace Wylie's 1882 Yellowstone Guidebook, the first real guidebook to Yellowstone. William Wylie established the Wylie Camping Company in Yellowstone National Park in 1883 using moveable camps. In 1896 he was allowed to establish permanent camps and lunch stations at the most interesting locations in the park. By… Read More