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With each title bought (not each book), get one additional same- or lower-priced book free from list below :row.)

For instance, say you order different amounts of 5 titles, perhaps totaling 13 books; then you can select 5 more books from the lists here.
Then select 5 books from the free books list below, adding these 5 books to your original order, noting free for each.
Or buy as little as 1 copy of 1 title and get another free of that or another title.


This offer is subject to availability of free titles (inventory is shown in most cases), so time could matter as many are single or few copies.
You may suggest a second choice in case your first choice is sold out.

Select free books--                             
from selected VistaBooks titles--  see below on this page.
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A restriction--the regular price of your free book(s) may not be more than other titles you order.                    

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(This free-book offer only applies to direct links to VistaBooks and VistaBooks Outlet, not to obsolete ones that may still be on search services or our site pages that are reproduced by others, as we can't control those. For instance, the link at the bottom of this page leads to the current version of this page.)

Select Free books from our VistaBooks titles below:
(Click on any title for descripton and sample pages; return here with browser back arrow:

19th Century Whaling Tales

THE ASCENT OF MOUNT HAYDEN, GRAND TETON, 1872: a new chapter of Western Discovery.vist0066 front coverThe Ascent of Mount Hayden Grand Teton, 1872: a new chapter of Western Discovery. by Nathaniel Pitt Langford.

 

The Cañons of the Colorado: the 1869 discovery voyage down the Colorado River. vist0059 front coverThe Cañons of the Colorado: the 1869 discovery voyage down the Colorado River. by Major John Wesley Powell.

 

cripple creek 1900: a colorado mining camp.vist0080 front coverCripple Creek, 1900, a Colorado mining camp; an eyewitness account by Francis Lynde.

 

The Discovery of Glacier Bay (1879). vist0045frontcoverThe Discovery of Glacier Bay, 1879. by John Muir, its discoverer.

 

Discovery of the Yosemite in 1851--and the Indian war which led to that event. vist0021 front coverDiscovery of the Yosemite in 1851. by Lafayette Houghton Bunnell, M.D., one of the Discoverers, of the Mariposa Battalion.

Hawaii-Nei, 1873. vist0030frontcoverHawaii Nei, 1873. by Charles Nordhoff.

 

The Hummingbird of the California Waterfalls. vist0019 front coverThe Hummingbird of the California Waterfalls. by John Muir.

 

 

In the Heart of the California Alps: a near view of the High Sierra in 1872. vist0026 front coverIn the Heart of the California Alps: a near view of the High Sierra in 1872. by John Muir.

 



Lake of the Sky: Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada. vist0038 front coverLake of the Sky: Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada by George Wharton James.

 

The Life and Wonderful Adventures of Wild Bill. (J. B. Hickok).  vist0013 front coverThe Life and Wonderful Adventures of Wild Bill (J. B. Hickok) by James W. Buell.

 

The Mammoth Trees of Calaveras. The Mammoth Trees of Calaveras by J. M. Hutchings.

 

A Miner's Sunday, 1849. vist0005 front coverA Miner's Sunday, 1849 by Charles B. Gillespie.

 

Mount Desert, 1872: an early history of the Maine island that is now Acadia National Park. vist0029 front coverMount Desert. 1872, an early history of the Maine island that is now Acadia National Park.by George Ward Nichols.

 

Mountaineering on the Pacific in 1868. vist0014 front coverMountaineering on the Pacific, in 1868 by Edmund T. Coleman.

 

Oh, Ranger! a book about the national parks. vist0068 front cover

Oh, Ranger! a book about the national parks (reprint of 1928 edition by Horace M. Albright and Frank J. Taylor).

 vist0061frontcoverOur Yosemite National Park by John Muir.

 

PIONEER DAYS IN SAN FRANCISCO.vist0015frontcoverPioneer Days in San Francisco by John Williamson Palmer.

 

The Proposed Yosemite National Park--treasures & features, 1890.vist0003 frontcoverThe Proposed Yosemite National Park--Treasures & Features, 1890 by John Muir.

 

rock art of the american indian. vist0084 front coverRock Art of the American Indian. by Campbell Grant.

 

 

Saint Louis in 1884: "the future great city of the world." vist0024frontcoverSaint Louis in 1884: "The Future Great City of the World". by William Henry Bishop.

 

Silver San Juan: the mines and high scenery in Colorado's southwest mountains--in 1882. vist0025 frot coveerSilver San Juan--the mines and high scenery in Colorado's southwest mountians--in 1882. by Ernest Ingersol.

 

 

The Southern Ute Indians of Early Colorado. vist0067 front coverThe Southern Ute Indians of Early Colorado by Verner Z. Reed.

 

 

The Yellowstone National Park. by John Muir.

 

 

The Yosemite in Winter: an 1892 account. vist0053 front coverThe Yosemite in Winter, an 1892 account by James M. Carson, with extracts from John Muir's writings.

 

 

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