When geologist Powell and his party of explorers first assayed the Colorado in 1869, it was North America's longest stretch of uncharted river. This is the story of that three-month, thousand-mile excursion, told in the words of the men who negotiated and mapped the river, through their journals, accounts, and letters. Black-and-white illustrations.
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When geologist Powell and his party of explorers first assayed the Colorado in 1869, it was North America's longest stretch of uncharted river. This is the story of that three-month, thousand-mile excursion, told in the words of the men who negotiated and mapped the river, through their journals, accounts, and letters. Black-and-white illustrations.
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Good. Spine is straight with minor damage at bottom of spine, binding is tight, pages are clean with name and inscription on fly page. Book shows mild edge wear with light rubbing and tanning.; Spine is straight with minor damage at bottom of spine, binding is tight, pages are clean with name and inscription on fly page. Book shows mild edge wear with light rubbing and tanning.
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Good. No Jacket. Size: 12mo-over 6? "-7? " tall; From the Natural History Library Series. Paperback in Good Condition. 176 pages. Illustrated. Clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Edgewear all around cover edges, spine hinge rubbed. Interior clean and unmarked, no tears. Cover is brown with oval of cream with cream and gold illustration of explorers on a boat on the Colorado. Frontspiece map of the Route of Powell's Expedition Down the Colorado River 1869-1870. 176 pages. 4.25 x 7.25 inches. 1961, Doubleday, New York, New York, USA.
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First Printing. DUSTJACKET ONLY! Very Good condition. Introduction by Wallace Stegner. Honorary issue of this historical classic originally published in 1875.
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Very good in good dust jacket. DJ rubbed, lightly chipped, binding tight, light discoloration of first 3 pages and back endpaper. xxi, 137 p. illus. 23 cm. Includes Illustrations. "Based on the [Smithsonian Institution] text...which appeared under the full title: Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries."
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Very Good. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Pub by University of Chicago Press, 1957. VG-minus or better cond. hardcover, no dj. Orange cloth over bds w/ gilt lettering on cover & spine. Light exterior fading. P/O's last name printed on fore-edge & again at top of ffep, o/w book is complete, intact & unmarked. Library type pocket inside front cover, but no other exLib markings inside or out. Internally VG+ cond. Illustrated in b&w including foldout. 138pp. Square, straight, tight & clean except as noted, overall VG-or better cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.