Search Results: mount rainier a record of exploration by meany edmond s

Binford & Mort, 1953. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Good condition. No DJ Moderate shelf wear to covers/corners. Library hardcover rebind, red cloth covers over boards. Contains academic or public library markings. Photo is of actual item. Earthlight Books is a family owned and operated, independent bookstore serving Walla Walla, Washington since 1973.

Portland, Oregon: Binford & Mort. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good -. Clean unmarked copy, mild offsetting to rear endpapers. Dust jacket worn at edges, a few short edge tears, dj presents nicely in a protective mylar sleeve. Reprint edition of the 1916 edition probably from the 1950s.

HardPress Publishing, 2012-08-01. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-06-01. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-06-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

PORTLAND: Bindfords & Mort, 1916. 1ST. HARDBOUND. VERY GOOD in VERY GOOD jacket. LATER. 7¾ -9¾ tall. pp. 325. Publisher: Binford & Mort (January 1, 1916) HARDBOUND: 325 pages Item Weight: 1.01 POUNDS. The DJ is price clipped. Boards are clean and like new, quality coated paper for the text papers, spine and text tight and unmarked. This is a classic mountaineering book. Includes a GOOD glossary of place names in and around the mountain. Edmond S. Meany (December 28, 1862-April 22, 1935) was a professor of botany and history at the University of Washington (UW). FROM the George Vancouver journals of 1792 through the United States Geological Survey Report in 1914, Mount Rainier is a challenging and fascinating collection of extracts mostly from the original accounts of the men who discovered, explored, and first ascended this sky-shouldering mountain of the Cascade Range. ' Moving with the ease of expert personal narrative, it records the dramatic, gripping, yet always authentic story of the… Read More

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Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, Publishers. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Very Good Plus Hardcover in Very Good Dust jacket; book has sticker pulls on the front paste down endpaper, under the flap. Jacket has light edge wear and is price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Date is 1916. Reissue. Same plates used. DJ circa 1950's. Frontispiece and on jacket front is of the first picture of Mount Rainier. Illus (17) B/w photos of Capt. George Vancouver, Dr. Wm. Fraser Tolmie, Commander Charles Wilkes, Theodore Winthrop, General August Valentine Kautz, and others. 325 p.

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Kessinger Publishing, LLC. Paperback. New. 9x5x0. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. hardcover. New. 5x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Macmillan, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. NY: Macmillan 1916, first edition, first printing. VG+ navy cloth; 3 small spots of dulling at top of front (from droplets), very slight wear to rear, spine gilt is very bright. No dust jacket. 5.75 x 9 in., 325 pp. + ads. History of early climbs of Mount Rainier extracted from original accounts. Chapters on glaciers, Rainier National Park, geology, flora, etc.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1st Printing FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. This is the real first edition, not the Binford's & Mort reprint. This true first edition published by The Macmillan Company in New York (1916) is now somewhat uncommon. Original ribbed navy cloth with gilt lettering spine. The book has a few faint marks covers, minor rubbing tips corners, no foxing, tight binding, former owner bookplate on front pastedown (bookplate of Steve Fossett, renowned balloonist and explorer -- from his collection), no other marks or writing on any pages. The book measures 226mm tall x 140mm, and has 325 pages, 17 b/w plates. NOTE: this is 1916 first edition, published in New York in 1916. The Binfords and Mort Portland edition is often mistakenly listed as being published in 1916. That is incorrect. There is/was no Binfords and Mort edition of this book published before the 1950s. For some strange reason, the Portland publisher did not… Read More