Featured in this lot is this Scarce early edition of "The Yellowstone National Park" by Hiram Chittenden published in 1915, eighth impression. The book provides a comprehensive description and guide to America's first national park. The book contains many illustrations and maps, including a pull-out map of the Park. Hiram Martin Chittenden(1858-1917) was an American engineer and historian. A graduate of West Point, he was the Seattle district engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers from 1906 to 1908. Chittenden was one of the first three elected Port Commissioners at the Port of Seattle. As a historian he was noted for his work on the American West, especially the fur trade. Historian Gordon B. Dodds stated, "...His works on the Yellowstone, the fur trade, and on Missouri River steamboating were long recognized as definitive....His style was formal, clear, and undramatic. His works contain a mass of detail. He was typical of the Progressive era of American history..." Chittenden's 1902 history of the fur trade has been highly influential among historians of the West. His first major work and publication was Yellowstone National Park: Historical and Descriptive (1895), which he authored during his first years working at Yellowstone. This green cloth bound gold gilt stamped hardcover is in nice condition, gold gilt is bright, scuffing exhibited to edges. Intact pages are clean, gold gilt top edge, age tanning observed, Measures 5.25"W x 8"L x 1.25"D. The folding map on page 335 measures 9.5" x 14".