Tower-Rock, on the Mississippi [ Hand-colored wood engraving ]
by Kilburn ; S.F. Brown
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-room Companion. Very Good. 1854. Engraving. Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-room Companion; Wood Engraving; 1 pages; A beautifully hand-colored engraving of Tower-Rock, on the Mississippi, from Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-room Companion. Image measures 6.5" x 9.75" (11" x 14" matted). Matted in white stock with clear mylar. From the text: A view of this famous landmark between St. Louis and the mouth of The Ohio. It is a column about fifty feet in diameter, rising fifty feet high above the ordinary surface of the water, crowned with a luxurious growth of stunted trees and shrubs. A steamboat, three river barges and rowboat on the River. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquarian Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41794
- Title
- Tower-Rock, on the Mississippi [ Hand-colored wood engraving ]
- Author
- Kilburn ; S.F. Brown
- Format/Binding
- Engraving
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-room Companion
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1854
- Size
- 6.5" x 9.75".
- Keywords
- 19th Century Engravings, Mississippi River, Tower Rock, Steamboats, River barges
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana and American History; 19th Century; African American Studies;
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About the Seller
Antiquarian Book Shop
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Washington, District of Columbia
About Antiquarian Book Shop
At The Antiquarian Book Shop, located in Georgetown - an historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. we have been buying, selling & appraising rare, interesting and scholarly books in Georgetown for more than 30 years. Over those many years we have taken great pleasure from satisfying our customers' eclectic literary requirements in the shop and hope to continue in that tradition now that we have moved our operation on-line.Currently, our catalogued inventory includes about 4,000 books from the sixteenth century through the twentieth century in a variety of subject areas. Our stock comprises antiquarian books, collectible books and scholarly books, as well as a selection of antique prints and ephemera.The books listed here represent only a small portion of our total inventory. We are in the process of cataloguing the extensive holdings in our warehouse (15,000+ books) and hope to flesh out these pages over the months to come. Our new format allows us to expand & update our listings frequently. We have included images of many items listed to better convey their quality and condition.