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The Colorado River
by Lewis R. Freeman
London: William Heinemann, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good/None. This is the British edition published by William Heinemann in 1923 but copyrighted by Dodd, Meade in the same year. The covers show fading, rubbing, bumping and other shelf wear. The contents are clean but there is some foxing especially to the endpapers.
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£36.58
Raging River Lonely Trail: Tales Told by the Campfire's Glow
by Short, Vaughn
Tucson, AZ: Two Horses Press, 1978. First Edition. 156pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Tan cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Fine/Fine. Signed by the author on the title page. Illustrated by Joanna Coleman including nice map endsheets. This edition was limited to 500 copies. As the subtitle indicates, these are campfire tales but they are told in verse. A history of relevant events introduces each of more than fifty poems. "The smoke of many campfires of many campfires mingle to make this book....
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£81.29
First Through the Grand Canyon
by Powell, Major John Wesley; Horace Kephart (Editor)
New York: Macmillan, 1925. Reissued . Hardcover. Very Good/None. There is a bump or two around the spine but the contents are clean and tight with a previous owner signature and possibly some age toning to contents. Horace Kephart
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£32.52
The Romance of the Colorado River
by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1906. Second edition . Hardcover. Very Good/None-As Issued. Thomas Moran. The spine cover is a little faded and bumped but the covers are reasonably bright. The front hinge is starting to pull apart but is still tight. Lots of reproductions of period photos and a Thomas Moran frontis.
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£36.58
Report Upon the Colorado River of the West, Explored in 1857 and 1858 by Lieutenant Joseph C. Ives, Corps of Topographical Engineers, Under the Direction of the Office of Explorations and Surveys, A.A. Humphreys, Captain Topographical Engineers, in Charge. By Order of the Secretary of War (Senate. 36th Congress, 1st Session, Ex. Doc.)
by Ives, Joseph Christmas
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1861. First edition. Hardcover. 131+14+154+30+[7]+31 pp. (in five parts with appendices). Quarto [29 cm] Rebound in grained black buckram with gilt stamped title on the backstrip. Two maps present at front of volume (one map is detached). Both maps have six inch closed tears. Very good. Faint rubbing to corners. May require extra shipping charges due to weight. This is the first book to deal with the Colorado River specifically. The Ives report is also one of the...
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£650.32
Report Upon the Colorado River of the West (1969)
by Ives, Lieutenant Joseph C
Da Capo Press. 1969. Hardcover. Hardcover. 1969. An unabridged republication of the first edition from 1861. Two maps in front pocket. Map 1 has wrinkles to front edge. Front edge of cover nicked, else Book is in Very Good condition. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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£77.23
Raging River, Lonely Trail Tales Told by the Campfire's Glow
by VAUGHN SHORT
Two Horses Press, 1978. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£28.26
Traveler in the Wilderness
by Sumner, Cid Ricketts [Women] [Colorado River] [Green River]
New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, Publishers, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good minus. 248pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/4 black cloth with brown paper over boards. Map endpapers. Extremities moderately rubbed; spine lightly rolled. In a dust jacket, with rubbing and creasing to the edges, and sunning to the spine. When Cid Ricketts Sumner read a personal in the Saturday Review inviting recruits for an expedition down the Green and Colorado rivers, she answered it, reasoning: "Why not?...
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£28.45
Final Environmental Statement Proposed Colorado River Management Plan Grand Canyon National Park Arizona
1979. Paperback. Quarto [26.5 cm] White, gray and black illustrated wraps. Very good. The front cover has a previous owner's name in pen and a date stamp. The spine is browned, and the paper of the spine has a couple of closed tears. The longer closed tear is at the foot of the spine, and measures 1 and 1/2" long. The wraps are mildly soiled. Prepared by Grand Canyon National Park, National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
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£16.26
Pilling's Cascade, Bullion Cañon. Views on the Sevier River. Pine Creek Series
by Hillers, John Karl (Jack)
Photograph. Very Good. Albumen stereoview [11 cm x 15.5 cm] on a yellow mount [11.5 cm x 17.5 cm] with a printed paper label on the reverse (No. 41). Light moisture damage to the right margin. Minor spotting to reverse. This stream heads in Southern Utah, and runs north and then west until it empties into Sevier Lake. Jack Hillers (1840-1882) was working as a teamster when he made the acquaintance of John Wesley Powell. The following year, 1871, Powell hired him as a boatman for his second expedition...
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£203.22
Colorado River Management Plan Grand Canyon National Park Arizona
1979. Paperback. Quarto [28 cm] Stapled printed wraps. Very good. The covers are slightly age-toned, and there is a faint trace of soiling on the front cover. Previous owner's name on the front cover. Free of internal markings. Prepared by Grand Canyon National Park National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior. Subjects include Trip Leader and Guide Requirements, Emergency Equipment Procedures, Havusapai Indian Tribe, and much more.
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£8.13
Looking Up the River. Views on the Colorado River. Grand Cañon Series
by Hillers, John Karl (Jack); [John Wesley Powell and A. H. Thompson]
Photograph. Very Good. Albumen stereoview [11 cm x 15.5 cm] on a yellow mount [11.5 cm x 17.5 cm] with a printed paper label on the reverse (No. 202). U.S. Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado River of the West. In pencil on the reverse "Thompson standing." Also in pencil, "Marble Cañon Aug 22, '72" and "Sep 5, '72; S & S p. 244." Jack Hillers (1840-1882) was working as a teamster when he made the acquaintance of John Wesley Powell. The following year, 1871, Powell hired him as a...
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£203.22
One of the Pockets. Views on Water Pocket Creek
by Hillers, John Karl (Jack); [John Wesley Powell]
Photograph. Very Good +. Albumen stereoview [11 cm x 15.5 cm] on a yellow mount [11.5 cm x 17.5 cm] with a printed paper label on the reverse (No. 183). U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, Second Division, J. W. Powell in charge. 1875. Minor damp staining to top right edge. This stream heads at the foot of what is known as the Great Fold, in Utah Territory, runs along its base, and empties into the Colorado River. Jack Hillers (1840-1882) was working as a teamster when he made...
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£203.22
Synthesis and Management Implications of the Colorado River Research Program (Colorado River Research Program Report Technical Report No. 17)
by Johnson, R. Roy
United States Department of the Interior, 1977. Paperback. 75pp. Quarto [27 cm] Stapled orange and black printed covers. Fine condition. Grand Canyon National Park Colorado River Research Series Contribution No. 47.
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£12.19
Hoover Dam Including the Story of the Turbulent Colorado River
by Gates, William H. , compiler
Las Vegas, Nevada: Wetzel Publishing Company for Hover Dam Scenic Corporation. Good. 1932. Softcover. Green wrapper with bright pastedown illustration of an Indian in a breechcloth in front of the Hoover Dam. Chips and tears up to one inch on wraps, some soil. Light soil on pages. Profusely illustrated with tinted photographs, maps, and three color plates with purple translucent spiderweb tissue guards, with information on the dam, water in the Southwest, and early Nevada mining history. Art work by...
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£126.00
The Ripple. Views on Tantalus Creek
by Hillers, John Karl (Jack); [John Wesley Powell]
Photograph. Fine. Albumen stereoview [11 cm x 15.5 cm] on a yellow mount [11.5 cm x 17.5 cm] with a printed paper label on the reverse (No. 194). U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, Second Division, J. W. Powell in charge. 1875. This stream heads on the eastern slope of the Aquarius Plateau, flows east and then north, and empties into the Dirty Devil River. Jack Hillers (1840-1882) was working as a teamster when he made the acquaintance of John Wesley Powell. The following...
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£203.22
The Exploration of the Colorado River
by John Wesley Powell
Chicago]: University of Chicago Press, 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. The book is near fine with lightly bumped corners and a previous owner signature, The dust jacket has rubbing and a tear along the rear flap fold, price clipped, and a little chipping.
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£15.45
Draft Environmental Statement Proposed Colorado River Management Plan, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
1977. Spiral Bound. Quarto [26.5 cm] Black plastic spiral binding with white, green and black printed wraps. Very good. There is a previous owner's name on the front cover. Prepared by Grand Canyon National Park, National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
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£12.19
Fantastic Rocks. Views on Vermillion Creek
by Hillers, John Karl (Jack); [John Wesley Powell and A. H. Thompson]
Photograph. Very Good minus. Albumen stereoview [11 cm x 15.5 cm] on a yellow mount [11.5 cm x 17.5 cm] with a printed paper label on the reverse (No. 115). U.S. Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado River of the West. Small abraded area in right margin. As is. This is a little stream in the southwestern part of Wyoming Territory which empties into Green River at the foot of Brown's Park. Its course is through an extensive district of bad lands. Jack Hillers (1840-1882) was working as a...
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£77.23
Roaring Fall- near view. Views on the Corral Creek
by Hillers, John Karl (Jack); [John Wesley Powell]
Photograph. Fine. Albumen stereoview [11 cm x 15.5 cm] on a yellow mount [11.5 cm x 17.5 cm] with a printed paper label on the reverse (No. 140). U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, Second Division, J. W. Powell in charge. 1875. This stream heads in Thousand Lake Mountain, Utah Territory, flows south and then east, and empties into Dirty Devil River. Jack Hillers (1840-1882) was working as a teamster when he made the acquaintance of John Wesley Powell. The following year, 1871,...
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£162.58
Two Worlds; Recollections of a River Runner
by Short, Vaughn
Tucson, AZ: Two Horses Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. As NEW/as new. Coleman, Joanna. 165pp. [22 cm]; navy blue cloth with gilt stamped titles on spine and front board.
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£20.32
