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The Oregon Trail
Francis Parkman; William H. Jackson [Illustrator]; Howard R. Driggs [Introduction]; M. D. Holmes [Contributor];
Editore: The John C. Winston Co: Phaladelphia, 1931
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Da: Polly's Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.Polly's Books
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EUR 1,78
EUR 6,92 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Used: Acceptable. A good reading copy. Binding is tight and square. Text is clean but has yellowed. Previous owner's name is stamped twice on reverse side of front cover. Boards are good but have lightly bumped corners. Pages 25-52 have some insect damage on bottom corner. No dust jacket. Careful packaging… and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery.
United States Geological Survey: Atlas to Accompany the Tertiary History of the Grand Canon District
Clarence E. Dutton; William H. Holmes [illustrator]; Thomas Moran [illustrator]
Editore: Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey., Washington, 1882
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- Prima edizione
Da: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, CanadaAlexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books
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EUR 7136,36
EUR 5,20 spedizioneSpedito da Canada a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloEdition : First Edition., Original brown cloth boards backed in black cloth leatherette, rebacked. Upper lettered in gilt. Silver lettering on spine. Beige pasted and free endpapers., Atlas volume only.Lithographed by Julius Bien & Co. (New York). Large Folio (505 x 445 mm). Clarence Edward Dutton (1841 ? 1912) was an American g…eologist and US Army officer who began working as a geologist in 1875 under the direction of John Wesley Powell of the US Geological Survey (USGS) department. Working chiefly in the Colorado Plateau region, Dutton wrote on several subjects, including geological studies of the high plateaus of Utah (1879?80), the earthquake in Charleston of South Carolina in 1886, and the present monograph of the Grand Canyon district (1882), which was the USGS?s first publication (from US Capitol visitor centre website)., Size : Large Folio, A very good example of this definitive work on the Grand Canyon, complete with 23 sheets, including 22 double-page colour-tinted lithograph plates drawn by William H. Holmes and one by Thomas Moran. Including maps, panoramas, and vistas of the Grand Canyon and vicinity, some with two views to a page, some extra-large maps in three or four parts illustrated across as many sheets. This example includes Moran?s highly-sought view of the Kaibab Division Transept (sheet XVIII) and Holmes? triptych panoramic view of the Canyon from Point Sublime (sheets XV, XVI, and XVII), described as a ?masterpiece of American scientific illustration.? Includes plate sheet index with explanatory notes and details. , Blank (2). Title. Blank. List of Atlas Sheets. Blank. 23 plates. Blank (2). Corners bumped, occasional marks to boards, light dampstain to bottom of upper. Interior generally clean and crisp.