QUEST OF THE SNOWY CROSS by Jackson, Clarence S. And Lawrence W. Marshall - 1952

University of Denver Press, 1952. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Denver, CO University of Denver Press, 1952. Hardcover First Edition (1952), unstated, but implied: no subsequent printings noted, in accordance with University of Denver Press' customary practice. First Edition (1952), unstated, but implied: no subsequent printings noted, in accordance with University of Denver Press' customary practice. Very Good+ in Very Good DJ: The Book shows evidence of very light shelving wear; at the heel of the backstrip; the upper corners are mildly nudge; tiny stain at the upper fore-edge; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing minor, unobtrusive flaws. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to 'As New'. The DJ's extremities show some… Read More

University of Denver Press, 1952. Hardcover. Good Plus. Photos, Maps. Solic copy, contents clean and unmarked.Jacket shows edgewear and shelf sticker. Library stamps on both ends, but map endpapers bright and unobscured.

Denver, CO: Univ of Denver, 1952. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Herndon Davis (Illustrator); William H. Jackson (Photographer). Text/Bright, clean, As New. Yellow linen boards/fine. DJ/None. PO name to fEP. Maps to endpapers. Story of the Mount of the Holy Cross, the northernmost fourteen thousand foot mountain in the Sawatch Range, part of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, the northeast face of which bears a distinct cross-shaped snowfield. The first recorded ascent was in 1873 led by Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden, to whom this volume is dedicated; the expedition included photographer William H. Jackson who also kept a diart of the climb. The powerfully symbolic mount is vividly immortalized in Jackson's wet plate photographs, artist Thomas Moran's painting, and Longfellow's poem "The Snowy Cross". Co-author Clarence S. Jackson is the son of photographer Jackson; a composite photographic rendition of his father's original work is included in the… Read More

Denver: University Of Denver Press, 1952. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 135 Pp. Yellow Cloth Stamped In Brown. First Printing. Fine Lin Lightly Used Dj Priced $2.50, Small Chips At Top Edges Of Spine And Upper Tips. No Marks.