L sitgreaves (45 risultati)

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Condizione: New. In English.

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Condizione: New. In English.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. Embark on a thrilling journey of discovery with this captivating account of a mid-19th century expedition through the American Southwest. Follow Captain Sitgreaves and his team as they navigate the uncharted Zuni and Colorado Rivers, encountering breathtaking landscapes, diverse wildlife, and intriguing Native American cultures. This book offers a fascinating glimpse into a pivotal era of exploration, documenting the challenges and triumphs faced by these intrepid adventurers. The author's detailed journal entries and scientific observations paint a vivid picture of the region's unique natural history, from its dramatic canyons and arid plains to its diverse flora and fauna. Through encounters with the Zuni, Yampai, and Mohave peoples, the expedition provides valuable insights into indigenous cultures and traditions. The author's descriptions of their customs, languages, and interactions with the expedition offer a window into a world rarely seen by outsiders. Ultimately, this book is a testament to the human spirit of exploration and the enduring quest for knowledge. It leaves us with a deeper appreciation for the beauty and complexity of the American Southwest and the resilience of its native inhabitants. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condizione: New.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. A clean hardcover presentation copy from Senator Hamilton Fish-- 16th Governor of New York from 1849 to 1850, a United States Senator from New York from 1851 to 1857 and the 26th United States Secretary of State from 1869 to 1877-- in fair condition; sunning, bumped corners, expected wear at extremities with torn cloth (only, but still tight) at external front hinge, end papers with foxing, missing map. SIGNED by Senator Hamilton Fish.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Bound in full leather, covers bear blind tooled decorative border. Spine is adorned with two leather labels, red and black, stamped in gilt lettering reading "Senate Document, 2d Session, 32nd Congress. 1852-53". This Executive Document No. 59 is accompanied by numerous maps, sketches, views and illustrations, two of which are fold-out. Report includes sub-reports by various authors including 1)"Report of the Natural History of the Country Passed Over by the Exploring Expedition Under the Command of Brevet Captain L. Sitgreaves, U. S. Topographical Engineers, During the Year 1851" by S. W. Woodhouse, M.D., surgeon and naturalist to the expedition; 2)"Zoology", specifically: "Mammals and Birds" by S. W. Woodhouse, M.D.; "Reptiles", by Edward Hallowell, M.D.; "Fishes", by Prof. S. F. Baird and Charles Girard; and 3)"Botany", by Professor John Torrey. Includes a list of illustrations of landscapes, mammals, birds, reptiles, fishes, plants, and maps; as well as a table of contents at the end of the report and index of scientific names. At the front, this volume includes a 31-page "Index to Executive Documents Printed by Order of The Senate of the United States, Second Session, Thirty-Second Congress, 1852-'53 in Eleven Volumes". Of those eleven volumes, this copy is listed as being Volume 10, Executive Document No. 59 within that index. 1-31, [3], 4-198, 78 plates (all present), and large fold out map. Includes Plate XXI which is not included on the list of illustrations. CONDITION: Overall moderate wear. Front joint is cracked, yet hinges are still strong and boards are well affixed. Binding is sound. Significantly foxed within the text, yet plates are much less affected and are magnificent. Ex-library with library stamps from "The Reynolds Library, Manchester" within the introductory pages and pastedowns. No ex-library mark on the spine. All plates are present. A very nice, fascinating copy. Full refund if not satisfied.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. First Edition. Senate Ex. Doc. 59, 32d Congress, 2nd Session. First Edition with seventy-nine plates and usual first state numbering problems: 23 Landscape plates, numbered 1-13 and 15-21 with three unnumbered plates at end; 6 Mammal plates; 5 Bird plates, with no Plate II as usual, numbered 1 and then 3-6; 21 Reptile plates with two plates marked Plate 10, Plate 12 marked Plate 11, and Plate 14 marked either Plate 18 or 13; 3 Fish plates, and 21 Plant plates with the last being Aploppus Nuttalii. 8vo, three-quarter leather by unknown binder with name S.H. Walley (presume this is U.S. Representative Samuel H. Walley from Massachusetts) stamped at bottom of spine; fair (boards loose, almost detached, and only held in place with new cords by a binder; in other words, not completely restored; joints torn; marbled paper on boards heavily rubbed and worn; edges of boards heavily worn and scraped; spine creased, scraped, and scarred; leather on top third of spine lifting away along torn front joint; triangular piece at spine head threatening to chip off; corners worn to boards; marbled eps do not match marbled boards; hinges broken; endpapers split at hinges; bookplate on front pastedown; pencil writing on verso of ffep; owner's signature, pasted note, and pasted newspaper article on first blank flyleaf; scattered but minimal foxing to text; plates toning around edges; tears to foreedge and creased upper corners on Plates 13-21; large map is good+ with toning, several repaired tears at hinge and a number of small holes where folds intersect). This copy belonged to Ruthven Deane (1851-1934), famous ornithologist, scholar and bookplate collector; his bookplate is on marbled front pastedown. He was an early President of the Illinois Audubon Society, which preceded the National Audubon Society. On the first of 2 blank pages is the signature "Ruthven Deane, 1.Mch.1849." Beneath this, in a different pen, he had begun to write "List of birds" but the ink was bleeding, so he wrote on a thick card, "List of birds by Dr. S.W. Woodhouse on page 58, Also autograph letter of the author. R. Deane." He pasted this card in, along with a newspaper notice of Woodhouse's death, dated 24 Oct. 1904. Samuel Washington Woodhouse (1821-1904; note that both men lived 83 years) lost the use of a finger to a rattlesnake bite on this expedition; apparently his companions advised him that the best treatment was to stay drunk all night. The AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by Woodhouse is tipped in at p. 58, where his section on birds begins; he also wrote the section on Mammals, and the Medical Report. It was written to Mr. Deane in Philadelphia on May 28th, 1900, and concerns an upcoming trip to Boston on the way to Maine.…

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

leather_bound. Condizione: Good. blue cloth cover shows minor wear, rubbing, fading, bumped corners. minor writing in prelims, tear on title page, pages tanned.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. 198 numbered pages plus plates. Missing top 2" of top of spine and a 1" piece bottom of spine. Crack and scape to spine. Discoloration from sunning back cover. Frayed corners. Some writing on title page. Lacking map. Interior otherwise very good. (E3).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Brown cloth, spine chipped, pieces missing, text solid. Full of prints, original. FER.

Hardcover. Green library cloth; 198 pp. plus plates; 79 plates. Submitted to the Senate in 1853 as part of the Secretary of War's report; Includes information on the geography, natural history, and weather conditions of the Zuni and Colorado River areas, as well as the mammals, birds, reptiles, fishes, and plants found there; The index of scientific names has been bound into the front of the book, instead of the back as in the original version; No map, as is common in other listings of this book; Landscape plate 14 missing; Bird plate 2 missing. Good- (Ex-lib., bookplate inside front cover, pocket at back; Perforated stamps at each plate; Some darkening to pages, but still very readable). …

Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, 198 pages with 79 plates and large folding map in rear. In Good condition. Rebound in half black leather with marbled paper boards and gilt lettering on spine. Boards have tearing to spine from head edge, splitting to front joint, boards exposed at corners, spine leather peeling away at head edge, spine slightly cocked, and mild edge and shelf wear. Textblock has mild age toning and mild foxing to pages. 1382976. Special Collections - Downstairs.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Senate issue (32d Congress, 2d Session, Executive, No. 59). Complete as issued, with 198 pp + 79 lithographed plates (23 views, 6 mammals, 5 birds, 21 reptiles, 3 fish, 21 botanical plates) and large folding map. Original brown cloth, with chipping and tears to spine cloth. Spine cracked at pp 174/175; intermittent foxing, primarily affecting the title page, occasional text margins, and about 20 plates (mainly mammals, birds, reptiles and botanicals, as opposed to the views, which are generally clean). Map has a few splits at the intersections and one closed tear that has been repaired on the verso. This was the final expedition made by the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers in connection with the Mexican War. In addition to Sitgreaves, the expedition party included J.G. Parke, Richard H. Kern as draughtsman, S.W. Woodhouse as physician and naturalist and Antoine Leroux as guide. Its purpose was to determine whether the Zuni River actually emptied into the Colorado and to examine the territory en route. The party followed the Zuni from Zuni Pueblo in western New Mexico to the Little Colorado, then continued west, reaching the Colorado near the Mojave villages and then proceeding south to Camp Yuma and San Diego. Wheat (3: 22-24) notes that the map is very detailed and calls it "a monumental achievement.generally correct and exceedingly well done." Howes S-528, Wheat 763, Wagner Camp 230:1, Graff 3809, Field 1414.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. 8vo; 198 + pages; Senate executive no. 59. Original blindstamped cloth with light rubbing and wear. Complete with all plates and the large folding map in rear. Map is just laid in, I've opened the map part way and see some small closed tears, but not bad at all. Light to moderate foxing throughout.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. 8vo; 198 + pages; Senate executive no. 59. Original blindstamped cloth with light rubbing and wear. Complete with all plates and the large folding map in rear. I've opened the map part way and see no tears or much wear at all. Light to moderate foxing throughout.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. First edition. Senate Issue. 8vo. Original brown ribbed cloth blocked in blind on the boards and spine and with the title in copper on the spine. Spine sunned and title dulled, with wear to the edges and corners, else this is a very good copy with the textblock in near fine condition and seldom seen so. All plates present as issued. Note, however, that the Bird plate No. 2 was not issued; the Reptile plate 12 is misnumbered XIII. And, as Graff notes, the Landscape plates numbered 14-20 are misnumbered 15-21; all issued plates are here present. The large folding map is present. It is in good condition, with only a few separations at the folds, and a closed tear where it is detached. It is laid in at the rear. The Sitgreaves Expedition Down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers in 1851 was a combined American scientific and military mission to explore the Zuni River, the Little Colorado River and the Colorado River in 1851. Setting out from northern New Mexico, the expedition traveled west across Arizona and then south along the Colorado to Fort Yuma in California. Graff p. 572. Howes S-521. .…

First edition. 8vo. Original full calf, 198 pp.+ 24 tinted plates+ 53 black & white plates. Large folding topographical map of the Zuni and Colorado Rivers in fine condition. Senate Executive Doc No. 59, 32d Congress, 2d Session, 1853. Includes an index to the 11 Volumes of Senate Executive Documents bound into the front of this volume. The Sitgreaves Expedition Down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers in 1851 was a combined American scientific and military mission to explore the Zuni River, the Little Colorado River and the Colorado River in 1851. Setting out from northern New Mexico, the expedition traveled west across Arizona and then south along the Colorado to Fort Yuma in California. "This is the first detailed survey of northern Arizona. Sitgreaves and his party traversed the country from northern New Mexico to San Diego in the summer and fall of 1851, crossing northern Arizona and descending the Colorado to Yuma before crossing the desert.Wheat calls the map "a monumental achievement.generally correct and exceedingly well done."--Bill Reese, The Best Of The West-130. "The expedition consisted of Sitgreaves, Lt. J.G. Parke, Dr. S.W. Woodhouse, R.H. Kern, with Major H.L. Kendrick in command of the escort and Antoine Leroux as guide. The group left Santo Domingo, New Mexico, on August 1, 1851, stopped at Zuni in September, and arrived in San Diego on November 30. Carl Wheat discusses the route of the Sitgreaves expedition and highly praises the map, calling it "a monumental achievement.generally correct and.exceedingly well done."---Wagner-Camp 230:1. Original full calf lightly soiled and corners are rubbed, small 1" split at foot of front hinge, red & black morocco spine labels with titles stamped in gilt, some foxing to the front and rear first few leaves else a very good, internally clean, tight & sound copy with the 79 plates and the important map in exceptionally fine condition. This is an unusually nice copy in original calf binding.…

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