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Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Report upon the Colorado River of the West.

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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New York. : Da Capo Press. , 1969. . Reprint of the 1861 edition. . Hardcover, blue cloth, gilt titles. . Very good , no dust jacket. . 4to.. Heavy book, requires extra postage. Numerous plates, some tinted.

Government Printing Office , 1861. Hardcover. Good. all fold-outs are present color lithographs thru out full leather

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Government Printing Office. 1861. Hard Cover. Good. No Jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. . USO SPECIALS-This very large hard cover is GOOD overall. The spine is quite tattered but solid. F/o maps and plates present. NO foreign or Priority shipments on this title. Contact us for shipping details. brown w/gray lettering. .

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1861. 131pp., 154pp.+ appendices, maps, etc. illus. original black blind-stamped cloth 4to w/gilt riverboat decoration: Very Good [original covers have been professionally rebacked & repaired with a completely new spine strip of black cloth w/gilt titles; original gilt cover decoration is still extant and is reasonably bright] A nice original copy of this classic of Americana.

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1861. House of Representatives edition. Hardbound. ALL plates and maps and most pages have dominant dampstaining line or marking. However, no warping or sticking. Sold as a complete reference copy only. Brown library buckram. In five parts: General Report (131pp.), Hydrographic Report (14pp.), Geological Report by Newberry (154pp. plus plates), Botany by Gray, Torrey, and Englemann (30pp.) and Zoology by Baird (6pp.), plus appendixes on meteorology. Eight panoramics by Egloffstein. 7 color plates of Indians and 1 color plate of interior Indian home. A terrific reference copy at a fraction of the price. There are no geology maps, but three paleontology maps.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1861., 1861. First edition. First Edition. Three-quarter Leather with Decorative Boards. [366]pp. in six sections. 2 Large folding Maps, 1 Profile, 8 folding Panoramas, 14 Views, 8 Color Plates, and 3 Paleontology Plates. House of Representatives. 36th Congress,1st Session. Ex. Doc. No. 90. "In the 1850s, the Colorado River had great potential to become an important shipping route and several companies were exploring the area. Furthermore, the Federal government needed a route for the transportation of troops and supplies to Utah, where the Mormon War was intensifying. The 1857 Army Appropriation Act provided governmental funds for the Colorado Exploring Expedition, also known as the Ives Expedition, in order to determine the navigability of the river. This topographical corps survey lasted from 1857 to 1858 and was led by Lieutenant Joseph Christmas Ives. The expedition's primary objectives were to chart the river's course and conduct a… Read More

The cover boards have loss of cover material on the edges, the spine of the cover is missing the cover material and the back cover board is barely attached. The covers are therefor in poor condition. All pages and illustrations are secured by the original binding and none are missing. Maps no.1 and no. 2 are laid in at the end of the book. They may have been attached but are not at this time.Overall this is a complete reference copy that needs rebinding. Wonderful and authentic account of exploration of the American West.

1861. IVES, Joseph C. Report upon the Colorado River of the West, Explored in 1857 and 1858. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1861. 1st ed. Five Parts in one as issued. 131;14;154;30;6;31,[1, Appendix]pp. Illus., plates (some folding, some color), maps (including large folding maps). Orig. gilt-pictorial cloth. Rebacked, original spine laid down. Light scattered foxing, else very good. HOWES I-92. Wagner-Camp 375. The preferred Senate issue, which has an additional plates. In 1857 Ives was named to lead an expedition up the Colorado River in order to develop potential routes of supply in the event of a war between the national government and the Mormon settlements in Deseret (Utah).

Washington: Government Printing Office. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1861. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 131, 14, 154, 30, 6 pages; Senate Executive Doc. , 36th Congress, 1st Session. Complete with all plates. Missing the geologic map in part 3. The 2 large folding maps with light foxing, otherwise fine with no tears or chips. Original full leather covers with new leather spine. .

4to original cloth with gilt cover vignette, rebacked with modern cloth, leather spine label, illustrated. Some staining and wear to covers, and occasional staining and soiling within. There are some stub tears to the maps, and a few of the folding plates are ill creased. Overall in very good shape and the Indian plates are quite bright. The Ives expedition was the first real study of the Colorado, which had as its main purpose to see to what extent the river was navigable. To accomplish this task, a steamer was made in Philadelphia and shipped in parts to San Francisco, where it was back hauled to Ives in pieces in Colorado. The Streeter catalogue indicates that the “Ives expedition went up the Colorado some 500 miles to the limit of navigation, then continued overland along the river. The expedition disbanded at Albuquerque after transversing some 900 miles. His account of the Tonto Apaches who lived in the canyon walls is of particular interest.” All in all, this is an exceptional survey with… Read More

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1861.. 131,14,[2],154,30,[2],6,[2],31,[1]pp. plus two large folding topographical maps, one profile, frontispiece, eight color plates, eight folding panorama views, sixteen black and white plates, three explanatory leaves accompanying plates, and numerous in-text illustrations. Large quarto. Original gilt pictorial black cloth, rebacked with most of original gilt spine laid down. Spine rubbed and gilt mostly worn, boards and extremities rubbed. Some light, scattered foxing and soiling to text, with pages evenly toned, as well as some offsetting from plates. Small closed tear to top of first map, not affecting contents. About very good. One of the most important and best illustrated army surveys of the American West. The report describes the activities of the expedition on the Colorado in 1857-58 under the command of Ives. Goetzmann calls the book the best of individual army reports, "a long, carefully written journal, consciously literary but with a maximum… Read More

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1861.. 131,14,[2],154,30,[2],6,[2],31,[1]pp. plus two large folding topographical maps, one profile, eight color plates, eight folding panorama views, sixteen black and white plates (frontispiece plate of Chimney Rock lacking, replaced by a duplicate plate of Robinson's Landing), three explanatory leaves accompanying plates, and numerous in-text illustrations. Large quarto. Later three-quarter red morocco and red cloth, raised bands, spine gilt, marbled edges. Shelfworn, corners worn, slight separation at joint ends. Bookplate on front pastedown, ownership stamp in the margin of one plate (see below). Some light foxing and soiling to text as well as some offsetting from plates. Very good. The present copy contains the bookplate of James Wickersham on the front pastedown, and his name is stamped in gilt on the base of the spine. Wickersham was a lawyer and judge who later served as the Alaska Territory's delegate to the United States Congress. He was… Read More

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1861., 1861. First edition. First edition. Five parts in one volume. Quarto. 36th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Ex Document. Original gilt pictorial, blind-stamped dark green cloth, gold stamping on spine. 2 large folding lithographic maps. One map has one, approximately 12" closed tear, professionally repaired. 8 fine folding lithographic views, 8 chromolithographic (beautiful color) plates showing dress of various Indian tribes along river and 16 lithographic plates of views (and fossils) from sketches by Baldwin Mollhausen. Probably best known as the engineer and architect of the Washington Monument, in 1857 Ives was promoted to first lieutenant and was named to lead an expedition up the Colorado River in order to develop potential routes of supply in the event of a war between the national government and the Mormon settlements in Desert (Utah). Ives's expedition included John Strong Newberry as naturalist, the Prussian Heinrich Balduin… Read More