#541 • National Park Books with 1986 Horace Albright Letter & Condon Inscriptions

Part of October 2026 Curiosities Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $10.00

Status: Available

Bidding closes Oct 25, 2026 7:07 PM AKDT

Category: Books, Comics, Magazines & Ephemera

Four national park books with a personal letter dated March 3, 1986 and signed by Horace Albright, plus its envelope and a newspaper obituary. The letter accompanies The Birth of the National Park Service: The Founding Years, 1913–33. Freeman Tilden’s The National Parks: What They Mean to You and Me has a Yosemite Library Museum Association presentation dated June 1954. Conservation in the Department of the Interior bears David deLancey Condon’s ownership inscription. National Parks Portfolio completes the group. The largest volume, National Parks Portfolio, measures approximately 7" x 10".