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New York: D. Appleton. Good. 1872. First Edition. Paperback. 313-336 pages; Wrappers are edgeworn and separating at spine, steel engraving and other illustrations are clean and in Very Good condition. This is Part 14 of the 48 numbers comprising pages 313 through 336 of the complete work Picturesque America. The individual parts were sent to subscribers in loose gatherings housed in blue printed wrappers as they were published; then subscribers would have them bound to their specifications. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country. This fascicule includes (1) a full page (13.5" x 9.75") steel engraving City of Louisville; (2) the end of the chapter Yellowstone and the complete chapter on Harper's Ferry with woodcut illustrations by Granville Perkins; (3) four full page woodcuts --Harper's Ferry; The Potomac from Maryland Heights; Old…
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PICTURESQUE AMERICA, OR THE LAND WE LIVE IN - Part 40 with Steel Engraving of The Smoky Mountains
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New York: D. Appleton. Good. 1873. First Edition. Paperback. 369-392 pages; Wrappers are edgeworn and separated at spine, steel engraving and other illustrations are clean and in Very Good condition. This is Part 40 of the 48 numbers comprising pages 369 through 392 of the complete work Picturesque America. The individual parts were sent to subscribers in loose gatherings housed in blue printed wrappers as they were published; then subscribers would have them bound to their specifications. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country. This fascicule includes (1) a full page (13.5" x 9.75") steel engraving of The Smoky Mountains; (2) much of the chapter The St. Lawrence and The Sagueney with illustrations by James Smillie; (3) four full page woodcuts -- Scenes of Montreal; Market Hall and Boat Landing, Quebec; Falls of Mont Morency; Point Noir, Trinity Rock, and Cape Eternity on the Sagueney; and several partial page illustrations from woodcuts. .
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- Keywords Steel Engravings, The Smoky Mountains, Montreal, Quebec, St. Lawrence River, The Sagueney River
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PICTURESQUE AMERICA, OR THE LAND WE LIVE IN - Part 14 with Steel Engraving of City of Louisville
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PICTURESQUE AMERICA, OR THE LAND WE LIVE IN - Part 42 with Steel Engraving of East Rock New Haven
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New York: D. Appleton. Good. 1873. First Edition. Paperback. 417-440 pages; Wrappers are edgeworn and separated at spine, steel engraving and other illustrations are clean and in Very Good condition. This is Part 42 of the 48 numbers comprising pages 417 through 440 of the complete work Picturesque America. The individual parts were sent to subscribers in loose gatherings housed in blue printed wrappers as they were published; then subscribers would have them bound to their specifications. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country. This fascicule includes (1) a full page (13.5" x 9.75") steel engraving of East Rock New Haven; (2) end of the chapter The Adirondack Region and beginning of The Connecticut Shore of the Sound; (3) three full page woodcuts -- Clearing a Jam at Great Falls of the Ausable; Glimpses of Greenwich, Stamford and and Norwalk;…
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PICTURESQUE AMERICA, OR THE LAND WE LIVE IN - Part 4 with Steel Engraving of Delaware Water Gap by Hinshelwood after Granville Perkins
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New York: D. Appleton. Good. 1872. First Edition. Paperback. 73-96 pages; Wrappers are edgeworn and separating at spine, steel engraving and other illustrations are clean and in Very Good condition. This is Part 4 of the 48 numbers comprising pages 73 through 96 of the complete work Picturesque America. The individual parts were sent to subscribers in loose gatherings housed in blue printed wrappers as they were published; then subscribers would have them bound to their specifications. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country. This fascicule includes (1) a full page (13.5" x 9.75") steel engraving of Delaware Water Gap engraved by Robert Hinshelwood after a painting by Granville Perkins (1830-1895); (2) the complete chapter on The Natural Bridge, Virginia is present with four woodcut illustrations (2 full page) by Harry Fenn an Henry Linton; (3)…
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PICTURESQUE AMERICA OR. THE LAND WE LIVE IN
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New York: D. Appleton & Company. VERY CLEAN near fine tight half leather 1894 revised edition hardcover. 720 pages. . Near Fine. Half-Leather. Revised Edition. 1894.
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Picturesque America, or, The land we live in : a delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities and other picturesque features of our country / with illustrations on steel and wood by eminent American artists ; edited by William Cullen Bryant: volume II
by Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878). Bunce, Oliver Bell (1828-1890)
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New York : D. Appleton, 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Worn copy bound in half leather over buckram cloth with a gilt label to the spine. Wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; vol. II (only): 575 pages. Subjects; Travel. United States Description and travel Views. United States Description and travel (1865-1900). Quebec (Province) Description and travel (1850-1900). United States Description and travel. Québec (Province). Québec (Province) Description and travel. Genre; Illustrated.
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Picturesque America or the Land We Live In : A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Waterfalls, Shores, Canyons, Valleys, Cities, and other Picturesque Features of our Country ( Complete set of the original 48 paperbound subscription magazines )
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D. Appleton & Co.. ** RARE ** 48 SEPARATE MAGAZINES COMPLETE ** SOFTCOVER ** ALL PAGES AND ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION PLATES PRESENT AND INTACT ** 576 TOTAL PAGES ** FOLIO-SIZE ** Published 1872-1874 by D. Appleton & Company. NOT ex-library. Conditions vary from only Fair to Very Good, with the worst being Part One, which has a detached front cover. However, none of the illustration plates have any damage or encroaching age tanning or soiling. Rarely seen anymore in this original magazine format, which were sold by subscription only. These are the original 48 magazines upon which the hardcover volumes were based, and they contain the same content as the hardcover publications. . Acceptable. Softcover. 1st Edition. 1872.
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Picturesque America or the Land We Live In; a Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Canyons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of Our Country. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists.
by Bryant, William Cullen (editor)
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New York: D. Appleton & Company. 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, pp. Viii, 568, vi, 576. Two Quarto volumes bound in publisher's half morocco with marbled endpapers and page edges. Moderate wear to bindings, heaviest at corners. Most steel cut plates are missing their tissue guards, and some facing pages have light offsetting. 49 full page steel engravings, 900 woodcuts most of which are in text, but a few are full page. Picturesque America was edited by the romantic poet and journalist William Cullen Bryant. The publisher recruited 20 of America's finest illustrators, and Bryant ensured the text was correct and sound. Picturesque America was finished 9 years after the end of the American Civil War. It presented a united America and contained illustrations of natural and human-made wonders from all parts of the country – north, south, east, west, and central. The book is credited with causing a boom in tourism as Americans became interested in their own country and…
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Picturesque America, Or, the Land We Live in : a Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Cañons, Valleys, Cities and Other Picturesque Features of Our Country.... . ...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists ; Edited by William Cullen Bryant - [Complete in 2 Volumes]
by Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878). Bunce, Oliver Bell (1828-1890)
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New York : D. Appleton & Co. , [1872-75], 1872. First Edition. Hardback. Contemporary aniline calf over matching buckram boards. Raised bands with the title blocked direct in gilt. Spine compartments uniformly tooled. Minor wear to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains an exceptional set - scans &c. On request. ; 1 pages; Physical desc. : 2 vol. ; 4to. Subject: United States/Quebec (Province) - Description and travel - Views - (1865-1900) . Notes: Published in parts. With an additional titlepage, engraved, to each volume.
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Picturesque America or the Land We Live in : a Delineation By Pen and Pencil
by Bryant, William Cullen, Illustrated by Eminent American Artists
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1872. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" Long. 2 Volume Set. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, canyons, Valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists. Good/No dust jackets, moderate wear to thick full leather boards w/beveled edging, intricately tooled designing and gilted inlaid design & lettering, raised banded spinestrip w/tooled design, gilt lettering in title boxes, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, owner's name neatly penned on endpapers, moderate foxing to endpapers, tissue guarded frontis, decorated half-title & title, 50 full page tissue guarded engraved prints, on supreme higher quality paper grade of sturdy stock, also, hundreds of textual prints engraved on wood & steel throughout books, all text & prints are clean & legible, No cracked hinges, page 51 of Vol. 1, is unattached but still intact. Vol. 1 568pp.,…
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