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Tertiary History of the Grand Canon District with Atlas (Two Volumes)
by Dutton, Clarence E
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Santa Barbara And Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith, Inc.. Good with no dust jacket. 1977. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Limited edition of 1500 numbered copies. Reprint of the 1882 edition with original title page facsimiles and introduction by Wallace Stegner. Complete set of two volumes in illustrated slipcases. With original publisher's shipping box. Volumes have a slightly musty smell, slipcases have moderate foxing and soiling. Large slipcase has cracked 6 inches total along on bottom edge. Atlas has light foxing to title page but plates are in fine condition. Overall good. Volume I (Atlas) has 42 plates with a color frontispiece by William Henry Holmes and a two-page color map. Volume II (monograph) xxii and 264 pages. Volume II contains the USGS monographs and 23 folding sheets including the index to maps. Twelve maps by Dutton, eleven in color, and 12 views by Holmes and Moran, with five in color and five tinted. Farquhar 73: "One of the greatest, if not the very greatest of all Grand Canyon books....The atlas, containing the superb panoramic views by William H. Holmes and a drawing by Thomas Moran, is a rich portfolio of art as well as a collection of maps and an exposition of geology." Shipping will cost extra due to weight of books. ; Color Illustrations; Folio 13" - 23" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024260
- Title
- Tertiary History of the Grand Canon District with Atlas (Two Volumes)
- Author
- Dutton, Clarence E
- Illustrator
- Holmes, William Henry; Moran, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Peregrine Smith, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Santa Barbara And Salt Lake City
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Grand Canyon, William Henry Holmes, Clarence Dutton, Thomas Moran, Western Americana, Geology
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About Back of Beyond Books
Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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- Reprint
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- Folio
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- Fine
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- Cracked
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