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Andesite Press, 2017. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: D. Appleton. Good. 1872. First Edition. Paperback. 313-336 pages; Wrappers are edgeworn and separating at spine, steel engraving and other illustrations are clean and in Very Good condition. This is Part 14 of the 48 numbers comprising pages 313 through 336 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 City of Louisville; (2) the end of the chapter Yellowstone and the complete chapter on Harper's Ferry with woodcut illustrations by Granville Perkins; (3) four full page woodcuts --Harper's Ferry; The Potomac from Maryland Heights; Old… Read More

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;… Read More

New York: D. Appleton. Good. 1872. First Edition. Paperback. 73-96 pages; Wrappers are edgeworn and separating at spine, steel engraving and other illustrations are clean and in Very Good condition. This is Part 4 of the 48 numbers comprising pages 73 through 96 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 Delaware Water Gap engraved by Robert Hinshelwood after a painting by Granville Perkins (1830-1895); (2) the complete chapter on The Natural Bridge, Virginia is present with four woodcut illustrations (2 full page) by Harry Fenn an Henry Linton; (3)… Read More

New York (American Heritage Publishing Co.), 1974.. (104)pp. Prof. illus. in color. Lrg. oblong 4to. Cloth, spiral-bound. D.j.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Picturesque America; or, the Land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes cities and other picturesque features of our country. With illustrations by eminent Americ.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Picturesque America; or, the Land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes cities and other picturesque features of our country. With illustrations by eminent Americ.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Picturesque America; or, the Land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes ... cities and other picturesque features of our country. With illustrations ... by eminen.

14"wx10"h; DJ has fading, wear, and some tape-repaired tears; cloth covered boards in good condition with minor toning along top edge, spiral binding. Text block is clean with no wear at spiral edge but scuff marked bottom corner edge; includes except from William Cullen Bryant's original preface and 49 color plates.
This edition of a book that was originally published in early 1870's features forty-nine colorized reproductions. These classic steel engravings of the nineteenth century are a unique picture of America from the coast of Maine to Florida and crisscrossing the country to the shores of the Pacific—they "will give modern viewers a nostalgic look at the America of that 'optimistic age.'" The print artists include: Kensett, Whittredge, Casilear, Moran, Martin, Fenn, Woodward, Perkins, F.O.C. Darley, and Warren.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Picturesque America; or, the Land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes ... cities and other picturesque features of our country. With illustrations ... by eminen.

Paperback / softback. New.

British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011-03-25. Paperback. Good.

British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011-03-27. Paperback. Good.

British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011-03-26. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Two leaves. New York: D. Appleton & Co., [circa 1872]. Two leaves, 9 1/2 x 11 3/8”, hand-colored engravings 6 1/4 x 9”, text to verso, mounted; very good. § Two mounted plates from Picturesque America: “Mount Tamalpais and Red Porch,” by Robert Swain Gifford (1840-1905), and “Lake Tahoe,” by Thomas Moran (1837-1926). The edition they originate from is unknown but was probably from the first few years of publication. Picturesque America was an ambitious publication edited by the Romantic poet William Cullen Bryant. Subscribers received two parts a month, each containing descriptions of the scenery of the America, illustrated with wood and steel engravings by some of the country's best contemporary landscape artists.