The Rivers of America Series 61 Volumes (1937-1973 Mixed Editions Hardcover Set) History
61 Volumes, nearly complete set of the extensive Rivers of America series, a publication that spans from 1937 to 1973. Volumes consist of a variety of editions and printings, a combination of later printings of 1st Editions, 2nd Editions, Revised Editions, War Editions, and even one Book Club Edition (specifically, Great River: The Rio Grande).
Some volumes do NOT have dust jackets, making it difficult to determine printings and editions for every book in the set. Those volumes that do have dust jackets show significant wear, to include worn edges and hinges, poor repair jobs with tape, as well as hard nicks, large chips, and sizeable tears along the edges. Nearly all of the jackets are price-clipped, have prices in pencil or pen on the inside flap, and have sun fade to the spines. There are also spots, stains, and smudges on jackets, particularly fluid stains to the spines of the jackets. Fluid stains on many of the dust jackets carry onto the covers themselves (particularly of note are: The Salinas, The Lower Mississippi, Salt Rivers of the Massachusetts Shore).
Spots or stains on textblocks, some books have cracked bindings. Hardcovers have edge-wear and/or worn corners or spots and/or nicks along the edges. Compressed spine heads and tails. Heavy sunfade to the spine backstrips. Tiny book shop stickers on the rear paste-downs of several volumes, as well as large pencil checkmarks. Previous owners names and inscriptions, also there are some notations and stray marks. Overall, this set is in Good minus (G-) condition. Additional photos are available upon request. Please note this set will ship in separate boxes due to its weight and will require a signature upon delivery.
We are providing notations for each book available in the following format:
Title, Author, Copyright Date (Print Date): Illustrator - Additional Notes
Published by Farrar & Rinehart (NY)
1. The Kennebec: Cradle of Americans, Robert P. Tristram Coffin, copyright 1937; Illustrated by Maitland de Gogorza - NO DUST JACKET, spine lean, large crack to the rear hinge where the binding web is showing, stain to page 18.
2. The Upper Mississippi, Walter Havighurst, Revised/War Edition, 2nd Printing, copyright 1944; Illustrated by David Granahan and Lolita Granahan - Large nick at the bottom edge, fluid stain impacts a 2-inch corner of the top textblock and foreedge.
3. The Suwannee: Strange Green Land, Cecile Hulse Matschat, 6th Large Printing, copyright 1938; Illustrated by Alexander Key - Design from the jacket has faded onto the hardcover, heavy sunfade to the spine backstrip and edges.
4. The Powder River: Let 'er Buck, Maxwell Struthers Burt, copyright 1938; Illustrated by Ross Santee - Loose dust jacket, scotch tape to the inside, cracked after the half title page.
5. The James, Blair Niles, 2nd Enlarged Edition, copyright 1945; Illustrated by Edward Shenton.
6. The Hudson, Carl Carmer, copyright 1939; Illustrated by Stow Wengenroth - NO DUST JACKET, dark stains to the front and rear hinges, spots to the spine backstrip, spine lean, torn spine head, hard creases particularly to middle section of the text).
7. The Sacramento: River of Gold, Julian Dana, War Edition, 4th Large Printing, copyright 1939; Illustrated by J. O'Hara Cosgrave, II - Stains to the inside hinge at the list of books.
8. The Wabash, William E. Wilson, 5th Large Printing, copyright 1940; Illustrated by John de Martelly - Fluid stains to the bottom of the dust jacket, nick to the foreedge.
9. The Arkansas, Clyde Brion Davis, 2nd Large Printing, copyright 1940; Illustrated by Donald McKay - Large tears and chips to the edges of the dust jacket, sunfade, fluid stains that have impacted the dust jacket and bled the red hardcover onto the jacket as well.
10. The Delaware, Harry Emerson Wildes, War Edition, 2nd Large Printing, copyright 1940; Illustrated by Irwin D. Hoffman - Jacket price clipped in three places, large 2-inch by 2-inch tear at the rear of the dust jacket, fluid stain to the dust jacket, bumped top corners, hard crease at the list of books.
11. The Illinois, James Gray, 2nd Large Printing, copyright 1940; illustrated by Aaron Bohrod - Wrinkled down the spine of the dust jacket, pencil markings on the flaps of the dust jacket.
12. The Kaw: Heart of a Nation, Floyd Benjamin Streeter, copyright 1941; Illustrated by Isabel Bate and Harold Black - NO DUST JACKET, chipped and worn-through spine head and tail, hard crease at page 3.
13. The Brandywine, Henry Seidel Canby, copyright 1941; Illustrated by Andrew Wyeth - Pencil price on the dust jacket, price clipped, fluid stains to the bottom of the jacket, heavy chips and tears to the jacket, heavily bumped corners, torn spine head,
14. The Charles, Arthur Bernon Tourtellot, copyright 1941; Illustrated by Ernest J. Donnelly - NO DUST JACKET, jacket inside flaps pasted into the front blank pages, torn spine head and tail, covers bow upward at the foreedge, bumped corners, book is twisted.
15. The Kentucky, Thomas D. Clark, 2nd Large Printing, copyright 1942; Illustrated by John A. Spelman, III - Chipped jacket, compressed spine head and tail, nicked top edge.
16. The Sangamon, Edgar Lee Masters, 2nd Large Printing, copyright 1942; Illustrated by Lynd Ward - Fluid stain to the bottom of the jacket, large nick to the top edge, spine lean.
17. The Allegheny, Frederick Way, Jr., copyright 1942; Illustrated by Henry Pitz - Mylar cover, sunfade to the spine of the DJ, inscription on the half title page, dark rubbing to the front cover, spine lean.
18. The Wisconsin, August Derleth, War Edition, 2nd Large Printing, copyright 1942; Illustrated by John Steuart Curry - Large chips to the dust jacket, 1-inch tear to the rear of the DJ, heavy fading to the spine head and tail.
19. The Lower Mississippi, Hodding Carter, copyright 1942; Illustrated by John McCrady - Heavy fluid stains that runs the length of the inside flap and the spine backstrip and settles at the spine tail, dust jacket is similarly stained as well as the top edge of the textblock, 1/2 inch hole in the dust jacket spine and rear flap, 2-1/2 inch tear on the rear hinge of the dust jacket, bumped corners, tip of the rear top corner is chipped, large stains to the textblock top and foreedge.
20. The St. Lawrence, Henry Beston, 3rd Large Printing, copyright 1942; Illustrated by A.Y. Jackson - Spots and stains to the inside of the dust jacket and hinge, hole in the dust jacket spine, heavy sunfade to the rear board, bumped corners,
21. The Chicago, Harry Hansen, copyright 1942; Illustrated by Harry Timmins - NO DUST JACKET, faded spine backstrip, inscription to the front free endpaper that is also cut,
22. The Twin Rivers: Raritan & Passaic, Harry Emerson Wildes, copyright 1943; Illustrated by Angelo Di Benedetto - NO DUST JACKET, sunfade to the spine backstrip, worn-through at the corners, covers bow outward at the foreedge, inscription on the half title page.
23. The Humboldt, Dale L. Morgan, War Edition, 3rd Large Printing, copyright 1943; Illustrated by Arnold Blanch - Specks to the cover, covers bow outward, nick to the rear foreedge.
24. The St. Johns, Branch Cabell, War Edition, 3rd Large Printing, copyright 1943; Illustrated by Doris Lee - Tanning and chips to the dust jacket, tears up to 1/2 inch on the jacket edges, spots to the textblock foreedge.
25. Rivers of the Eastern Shore: Seventeen Maryland Rivers, Hulbert Footner, War Edition, 4th Large Printing, copyright 1944; Illustrated by Aaron Sopher - Heavy sunfade to the dust jacket spine, $2.50 on the inside flap, spot to the top of the textblock.
26. The Missouri, Stanley Vestal, War Edition, copyright 1945; illustrated by Getlar Smith - Large fluid stain on the top and bottom of the dust jacket that extends to the hardcover, hole on the dust jacket spine, bumped corners, crimped pages on the top of the textblock.
27. The Salinas, Anne B. Fisher, War Edition, 2nd Large Printing, copyright 1945; Illustrated by Walter K. Fisher - Heavy fluid stain on the top edges of the jacket, covers, and pages; 1-inch tears to the jacket, stains caused the transfer of color from the cover to the jacket, fluid stain also impacts the textblock and pages.
28. The Shenandoah, Julia Davis, copyright 1945; Illustrated by Frederic Taubes - $2.50 on the inside flap, small hole to the dust jacket spine, small fluid stain at the bottom, page 359-360 is cut in half and missing.
Published by Rinehart & Co.
29. The Housatonic: Puritan River, Chard Powers Smith, copyright 1946; Illustrated by Armin Landeck - NO DUST JACKET, heavy crack at the rear hinge, tear to the spine head, the front free endpaper has an inscription and is cut.
30. The Colorado, Frank Waters, copyright 1946; Illustrated by Nicolai Fechin - NO DUST JACKET, bumped corners, wrinkled and faded spine backstrip,
31. The Tennessee: Volume I - The Old River Frontier to Secession, Donald Davidson, copyright 1946; Illustrated by Theresa Davidson - NO DUST JACKET, bumped corners, the half title page has an inscription and is cut.
32. The Connecticut, Walter Hard, copyright 1947; Illustrated by Douglas Gorsline - Heavy chipping and a 1/2 inch hole to the front hinge of the dust jacket, fluid stains to the edges of the jacket, cracked at the list of books, spine lean, bumped corners.
33. The Everglades: River of Grass, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, copyright 1947; Illustrated by Robert Fink - NO DUST JACKET, the front free endpaper has an inscription and is cut, bumped corners, stains from the contents page to page 8, faint pencil underlining, hard crease at page 20.
34. The Tennessee: Volume II - The New River, Donald Davidson, copyright 1948; Illustrated by Theresa Davidson - $3.50 on the inside flap, 2 inch tear to the front hinge of the jacket, 1/2 inch tear to the spine head, worn-through corners.
35. The Chagres: River of Westward Passage, John Easter Minter, copyright 1948; Illustrated by William Wellons - $4.00 on the inside flap, extremely damaged dust jacket was previously repaired with scotch tape where the jacket was torn 4-inches and crinkled, currently has a 2-1/2 inch tear at the front bottom hinge, numerous spots on the topedge.
36. The Mohawk, Codman Hislop, copyright 1948; Illustrated by Letterio Calapai - NO DUST JACKET, the front free endpaper has an inscription and is cut, spots to the front cover.
37. The Winooski: Heartway of Vermont, Ralph Nading Hill, copyright 1949; Illustrated by George Daly - NO DUST JACKET, the front free endpaper has several pencil notations (some previously erased), cracked at the half title page, bumped corners, stains to the topedge of the textblock, worn-through edges and corners.
38. The Ohio, R. E. Banta, copyright 1949; Illustrated by Edward Shenton - $5.00 price on the inside flap, heavy nick and cut to the rear topedge.
39. The Potomac, Frederick Gutheim, Revised Edition, copyright 1968 (published by Grosset & Dunlap); Illustrated by Mitchel Jamieson - $5.95 on the inside flap and other notation written in pen, shelfwear and rubbing to the dust jacket, covers bow upward at the foreedge, nick to the front cover by the hinge.
40. The Saskatchewan, Marjorie Wilkins Campbell, copyright 1950; Illustrated by Illingworth Kerr - NO DUST JACKET, brown spots to the front and rear hinges, long black streak on the rear cover, compressed spine head, red sharpie at the bottom of the textblock, hard creases at the signatures.
41. The Fraser, Bruce Hutchison, copyright 1950; Illustrated by Richard Bennett - NO DUST JACKET, wrinkled and faded spine backstrip, bumped corners, compressed spine head and tail, ex-libris sticker on the front free endpaper with writing in red pen.
42. The Savannah, Thomas L. Stokes, copyright 1951; Illustrated by Lamar Dodd - Mylar cover, price clipped, dark rubbing to the dust jacket, book cracked after the front free endpaper, hardcovers bow upward at the foreedge, inscription on the front free endpaper.
43. The Gila, Edwin Corle, copyright 1951; Illustrated by Ross Santee - NO DUST JACKET, bumped and worn-through corners, sagging textblock, torn spine head, black spots on the front free endpaper and pastedown.
44. Salt Rivers of the Massachusetts Shore, Henry Howe, copyright 1951; Illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave II - Dust jacket is completely damaged and destroyed with large tears, poor tape repairs, and blue rubbing from the cover due to a fluid stain; fluid stain impacts the covers and edges.
45. The Monongahela, Richard Bissell, copyright 1952; Illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave II - Dark rubbing to the rear of the dust jacket, chipping to the hinges of the jacket.
46. The Yazoo River, Frank E. Smith, copyright 1954; Illustrated by Janet Turner - NO DUST JACKET, sunfade to the spine backstrip, the front free endpaper has an inscription and is cut, large fluid stain spots on the rear cover.
47. Great River: the Rio Grande (Two Volumes), Paul Horgan, Book Club Edition, copyright 1954; Illustrated - NO DUST JACKETS, black spots on the rear of the slipcase label, heavily bumped corners and edges so much that there is a 3-1/2 inch wrinkle on both the front and rear cover and has impacted the page corners of Volume I, inscription on the front free endpapers, Volume II is heavily cracked at the title page.
48. The Susquehanna, Carl Carmer, copyright 1955; Illustrated by Stow Wengenroth - NO DUST JACKET, compressed spine head and tail, nicked top and bottom edge, bumped and worn-through corners, large inscription on the half title page.
49. The French Broad, Wilma Dykeman, 3rd Printing, copyright 1955; Illustrated by Douglas Gorsline - Mylar cover, dust jacket has large chips missing and tears at the edges, price clipped jacket.
50. The Columbia, Stewart H. Holbrook, copyright 1956; Illustrated by Ernest Richardson - Dust jacket is torn the entire length of the front hinge despite a previous attempt to repair it with masking tape, price clipped, inscription on the front free endpaper, 4-inch tear on the front inside flap, covers bow upward at the foreedge.
51. River of the Carolinas: The Santee, Henry Savage, Jr., copyright 1956; Illustrated by Lamar Dodd - NO DUST JACKET, wrinkled spine tail, faded spine backstrip, the front free endpaper has an inscription and is cut.
52. The Merrimack, Raymond P. Holden, copyright 1958; Illustrated by Aaron Kessler - NO DUST JACKET, the front free endpaper has an inscription and is cut, worn-through corners, scuff marks to the half title page.
Published by Holt, Rinehart & Winston
53. The Minnesota, Evan Jones, Stated First Edition, copyright 1962; Illustrated by Harry Heim - $6.00 on the front inside flap, inscription on the front pastedown, stains to page 46-47.
54. The Genesee, Henry W. Clune, 3rd Printing April 1966, copyright 1963; Illustrated by Douglas Gorsline - Chipping to the dust jacket hinges, black smudges on the rear of the jacket, price clipped, deep and hard nick on the top edge, bumped corners,
55. The Cape Fear, Malcolm H. Ross, Stated First Edition, 1965 - $7.00 on the front inside flap, black smudges and rubbing on the rear of the jacket, hard nick to the bottom rear edge, covers bow upward at the foreedge, hard crease at page 300, blue smudges to the textblock.
56. The St. Croix, James Taylor Dunn, Stated First Edition, copyright 1965; Illustrated by Gerald Hazzard - Price clipped, 1-inch tear and a small hole at the dust jacket spine, torn spine head, nick to the top rear edge.
57. The Cuyahoga, William Donohue Ellis, Stated First Edition, copyright 1966; Illustrated by Kinley T. Shogren - $7.50 on the front inside flap.
58. The Yukon, Richard Mathews, Stated First Edition, copyright 1968; Illustrated by Bryan Forsyth - Mylar cover, price clipped, wrinkles and rubbing to the dust jacket, stain to the foreedge, bumped corners, hard nicks to the edges, hard crease at page 16.
59. The Allagash, Lew Dietz, 2nd Printing 1971, copyright 1968; Illustrated by George Loh - Price clipped, 1-inch tear to the front bottom of the jacket, tears and a hole in the spine of the jacket.
60. The Niagara, Donald Braider, Stated First Edition, copyright 1972; illustrations credited to Buffalo History Museum and the New York Power Authority - Sun fade to the spine of the dust jacket, price clipped, bumped corners.
61. The Cumberland, James McCague, Stated First Edition, copyright 1973; Illustrated by Charles Walker - $7.95 on the front inside flap, fluid stain on the bottom of the jacket, hard nicks to the foredge.
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**MISSING VOLUMES!! NOT AVAILABLE IN THIS LISTING**
• Songs of the Rivers of America, Carl Carmer, 1942
• [Expansion of 1939 Edition] The James: from Iron Gate to Sea, Blair Niles, 1945
• The MacKenzie, Leslie Roberts, 1949
• The Hillsborough: River of the Golden Ibis, Gloria Jahoda, 1973
• The American: River of El Dorado, Margaret Sanborn, 1974
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