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Down the Colorado; Diary of the First Trip Through the Grand Canyon 1869
by Powell, John Wesley and Eliot Porter
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- first
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- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton and Co, 1969. First Edition. Folio. 168pp. including index, Foreword and notes by Don Fowler, photographs, and epilogue by Eliot Porter. This is Powell's dramatic journal of 1869, edited and introduced by Don Fowler. Portions of this work were presented by Scribner's Magazine over 150 years ago. Eliot Porter contributed a 48 page gallery of four-color photographs. Powell, with 10 men and four boats traveled down the raging Colorado River, through the Grand Canyon. After 13 weeks, Powell emerged from the Canyon with only two boats left and 6 survivors. The photographs are quite striking. A handsome copy bound in tan cloth, spine lettering gilt. A fine copy in nearly fine pictorial dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023314
- Title
- Down the Colorado; Diary of the First Trip Through the Grand Canyon 1869
- Author
- Powell, John Wesley and Eliot Porter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton and Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Colorafo River Grand Canyon Exploration
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration; Arizona;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Folio
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