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PICTURESQUE AMERICA, OR THE LAND WE LIVE IN - Part 42 with Steel Engraving of East Rock New Haven
de Bryant, William Cullen
- Usado
- good
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Good
- Librería
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: D. Appleton. Good. 1873. First Edition. Paperback. 417-440 pages; Wrappers are edgeworn and separated at spine, steel engraving and other illustrations are clean and in Very Good condition. This is Part 42 of the 48 numbers comprising pages 417 through 440 of the complete work Picturesque America. The individual parts were sent to subscribers in loose gatherings housed in blue printed wrappers as they were published; then subscribers would have them bound to their specifications. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country. This fascicule includes (1) a full page (13.5" x 9.75") steel engraving of East Rock New Haven; (2) end of the chapter The Adirondack Region and beginning of The Connecticut Shore of the Sound; (3) three full page woodcuts -- Clearing a Jam at Great Falls of the Ausable; Glimpses of Greenwich, Stamford and and Norwalk; Glimpses of South Norwalk and Southport; and several partial page illustrations from woodcuts. .
Sinopsis
Picturesque America was first published by Appleton's as a serial, received semi-monthly by subscribers. Once their subscription was complete, the serials would be bound into a two-volume set, a variety of binding options available for the original 1872 and 1874 books. Picturesque America took readers on a tour of America through art and writing. It included 65 essays written by various authors, and was illustrated by 900 wood and 50 steel engravings. The engravings were done by variety of high skilled artists off of original drawings, mostly composed by artist Harry Fenn, the most prominent landscape illustrator in the US at the time.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Antiquarian Book Shop
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 38677
- Título
- PICTURESQUE AMERICA, OR THE LAND WE LIVE IN - Part 42 with Steel Engraving of East Rock New Haven
- Autor
- Bryant, William Cullen
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- D. Appleton
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1873
- Palabras clave
- Steel Engravings, East Rock New Haven, The Adirondacks, Ausable River, Greenwich, Connecticut, Stamford, Connecticut, Norwalk, Connecticut, Southport, Connecticut
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Americana and American History; 19th Century; Antiquarian Books;
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Sobre el vendedor
Antiquarian Book Shop
Miembro de Biblio desde 2017
Washington, District of Columbia
Sobre 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.
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Gatherings
- A term used in bookbinding, where a gathering of sheets is folded at the middle, then bound into the binding together. The...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
