The Rocky Mountains: Pictures of Magnificent Scenes in the Rocky Mountains.... Descriptive Text by Stanley Wood.
by JACKSON, W. H. [photographer]
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- first
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- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Denver: H. H. Tammen, 1894. First edition of this promotional piece of Colorado boosterism that was reprinted many times with the title "Among the Rockies." Oblong folio (13 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches). It consists entirely of 40 full page photographic illustrations after Jackson of beautiful scenes in the Rockies. All are printed in a purple hue and all have quite lengthy captions. Publisher's light gray wrappers with title within an arabesque frame printed in blue. Some chips to wrapper edges and content a bit wiggly but a very good copy, clean and bright. OCLC only locates 3 copies of this original edition.The was another edition published in the same year called Wonder-places; The Most Perfect Pictures of Magnificent Scenes in the Rocky Mountains and Elsewhere. It had 38 images by Jackson but it also had 81 pages of text. It was published in Denver by the great Divide Company.
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- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75636
- Title
- The Rocky Mountains: Pictures of Magnificent Scenes in the Rocky Mountains.... Descriptive Text by Stanley Wood.
- Author
- JACKSON, W. H. [photographer]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- H. H. Tammen
- Place of Publication
- Denver
- Date Published
- 1894
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Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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