New York, NY: Hastings House, 1941 Hastings House, New York. 1941. Hardcover. First Edition (NAP). Inscribed by the author on the acknowledgments page dated June 21, 1941. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but inscription to a former owner in 1944 on the RFFP and in pencil on the FFFP. Book Condition: Very Good; light bottom edge shelfwear; scant flaking of gilt on spine. DJ: Poor; NOT Price Clipped ($3.75); price is partially inked over in pen; wear to flap edges; missing pieces on spine; chipping along edges. Blue cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering on the spine and Hudson Crest on front board in gilt. Maps as endpapers. 94 numbered pages 4to. The story of the Hudson is the story of America says the author and photographer. This book of photos (300) and prose records the magnificence of the great river valley and the most revealing pictorial study of an American region and its life yet undertaken. A clean very presentable copy rare with the DJ and a signature.

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Bookseller: Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 006005
Title: Great River of the Mountains: The Hudson
Author: Croswell Bowen (AUTHOR SIGNED)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Poor
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Hastings House
Place of Publication: New York, NY
Date Published: 1941
Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
Keywords: Hudson River, West Point, Pondshiners, lighthouses, Saratoga, American Revolution, FDR House,
Bookseller catalogs: Americana;

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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.

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