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CANYONS OF THE COLORADO
by Powell, John Wesley
Meadville, Pennsylvania: Flood & Vincent (Chatauqua-Century Press), 1895. First Edition. Leather-bound. Very Good Plus. Thomas Moran, et al.. Large Quarto. (11.75" x 9"). Half-bound brown leather over textured cloth boards. Top edge gilt, with all leather junctures double-ruled in gilt. Bright gilt lettering to front board and five-hubbed spine. Masterfully restored from its previous library incarnation, by third-generation conservator/binders Old English Bindery of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A very few of the preliminary pages show tiny lower corner chips, and the tail (bottom edge) still tells the tale of a rough upbringing, and two library stamps professionally removed by conservator (pp. 29 and 30, respectively), but undeniably a gorgeous restoration of an exceedingly rare record of Western exploration. It is commonly believed that less than 100 copies of this first edition were issued.
NOTE: Binders Error: This copy lacks two (2) of the double-page "keys" called for: ("Key to the Panorama from Point Sublime Looking West" and "Key to the Panorama from Point Sublime Looking South". Further, a duplicate copy of the double-page illustration "Key to the Panorama from Point Sublime Looking East", was bound-in, in error.
About this greatly expanded account of (the one-armed) Powell's exploratory voyage and survey along the entire length of The Colorado River, Howes (P-527, p. 465) writes: "The first complete narrative; his earlier reports were largely devoted to scientific data." 400 pp. plus advertisement at rear. 250 illustrations. though reprinted several times in the twentieth-Century, exceedingly rare in this, the first edition. Gorgeous, restored copy of an extremely rare and groundbreaking narrative of pioneer exploration.
Beautiful, professionally restored copy of a highly desired cornerstone piece of the best collections of Western Americana.
About this greatly expanded account of (the one-armed) Powell's exploratory voyage and survey along the entire length of The Colorado River, Howes (P-527, p. 465) writes: "The first complete narrative; his earlier reports were largely devoted to scientific data." 400 pp. plus advertisement at rear. 250 illustrations. though reprinted several times in the twentieth-Century, exceedingly rare in this, the first edition. Gorgeous, restored copy of an extremely rare and groundbreaking narrative of pioneer exploration.
Beautiful, professionally restored, albeit slightly flawed copy of a highly desired cornerstone piece of the best collections of Western Americana, Powell, heretofore not much inclined to write lengthier pieces, yielded to pressure from Congressmen Garfield to complete the book-length report Explorations of the Colorado River of the West, published in 1875. When issued it included chapters by Harry Thompson, Elliott Coues, and G. Brown Goode, and as well included eighty-one illustrations, some by Thomas Moran.
But in 1895, twenty years later, "the publishers Flood & Vincent brought out a [this] new edition which "was now all Powell's book, his final statement on the country he had set out to understand and interpret..." He doubled the number of pages, and included three times the number of illustrations... but the most striking change Powell made...was that he now filled the book with Indians -- Apaches,Navajos, Utes, Paiutes --people who had effectively been erased from [previous] accounts...Even the white man is included in Powell's revised work, though he shows up merely as a cartoon figure desecrating the scene...What Powell seemed to be arguing however, was that it was not enough for Americans to understand or appreciate nature...People belong in our pictures and places..." (A River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell, by Donald Worster,Oxford U. Press, NY., 2001, pp. 332-335.).
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Bookseller
Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
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Illustrator
Thomas Moran, et al.
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Format/Binding
Leather-bound
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Book Condition
Used -
Very Good Plus
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Quantity Available
1
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Edition
First Edition
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Binding
Hardcover
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Publisher
Flood & Vincent (Chatauqua-Century Press)
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Place of Publication
Meadville, Pennsylvania
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Date Published
1895
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Keywords
Western Americana, The American West, Colorado River History,