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Condition: Good
Description: 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 Bridge and Mill at Antietam; and The Giant Geyser (Yellowstone); and several partial page illustrations from woodcuts.
Seller: Antiquarian Bookshop, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good
Description: 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) a full page woodcut of a different view of the Delaware Water Gap; and several partial page illustrations from woodcuts by John Filmer (American artist, active 18581870); Fenn; Perkins etc.
Seller: Antiquarian Bookshop, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good
Description: from Picturesque America; Wood Engraving; 1 pages; A beautifully hand-colored engraving from Picturesque America by William Cullen Bryant. Image measures 6 3/4" x 7" (14" x 11" matted). Two men with long oars are manning a long boat laden with cargo at the center of the River; navigating the difficulties presented by the rock strewn Falls. Matted in white stock with clear mylar. From the text: "The river, half a mile or more in width, foams and dashes over the ledges formed by the peculiar stratification. with great but not unmusical violence in some places; while in others it slides between huge rocks with a swift, treacherous look. Boats equipped with oars at both ends shoot these dangerous rapids, guided with consummate skill by the boatmen, who are generally negroes."
Seller: Antiquarian Bookshop, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
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Description: Demy folio, [33.65cm/13.25inches], paperbound with blue pictorial covers, pp. 49-71 one of about 100 parts which were sold by subscription; the buyer being responsible for having all the sets bound by a bookbinder. Prefatory to the text is a full page steel engraving of "Richmond From the James after a painting by Harry Fenn. The text includes the last part of "Up and Down the Columbia [pp. 49-51]. The complete article of "Lookout Mountain and the Tennessee follows with Illustrations by Fenn, [pp.52-68] and the first 3 pages of Richmond Scenic and Historic, also illustrated by Finn. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional snapshots. . Harry Fenn, (1837 1911), was an English-born American artist. From 1870 to around 1895 he was the most prominent landscape illustrator in the United States. . Picturesque America is a two-volume set of books describing and illustrating the scenery of America, published in 1872 and 1874 and edited by the romantic poet and journalist William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), who also edited the New York Evening Post. The layout and concept was similar to that of Picturesque Europe. The work's essays, together with its nine hundred wood engravings and fifty steel engravings, are considered to have had a profound influence on the growth of tourism and the historic preservation movement in the United States. Harry Fenn, (1837 1911), was an English-born American artist. From 1870 to around 1895 he was the most prominent landscape illustrator in the United States.
Seller: Charles Lewis Best Booksellers, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good
Description: from Picturesque America ; Wood Engraving; 1 pages; A beautifully hand-colored engraving from Picturesque America by William Cullen Bryant. Image measures 6" x 9" (14" x 11" matted). Matted in white stock with clear mylar. Petersburg Gap West Virginia drawn by W. L. Sheppard from sketches by David H Strother. From the text: "We will now push on toward Petersburg, ever and anon casting a lingering look behind, over the level perspective of the beautiful valley, and the fading blue of its northern boundaries. After a short ride of two miles, we suddenly turn into the cool and shadowy gorge of the Southern Gate, through which the river pours its clear-green waters into the valley. Crossing by an easy ford, we follow the road, which barely finds room to pass between the stream and the overhanging cliffs. Presently the gorge widens, and we call a halt to view that gigantic wall of naked rock, divided from the clouds by a ragged fringe of evergreens, doubled in height by its mirrored counterfeit in the placid river."
Seller: Antiquarian Bookshop, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good
Description: from Picturesque America; Wood Engraving; 1 pages; A beautifully hand-colored engraving of the Peaks of Otter in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia from Picturesque America by William Cullen Bryant. Image measures 7" x 6" (11" x14" matted). Matted in white stock with clear mylar. The mountain peaks are depicted in the river valley with a cabin on a nearby hill and a family gathering berries on the hillside in the foreground. A very charming pastoral scene with the impressive Peaks of Otter at the center. From the text: "The peaks have been made familiar by repeated descriptions. Ten miles distant from [the village of Liberty in Bedford County], the higher of the two is five thousand three hundred and seven feet above the level of the sea."
Seller: Antiquarian Bookshop, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
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Description: Demy folio[33.65cm/13.25inches], This was one of several parts which were sold by subscription; the buyer being responsible for having all the sets bound by their bookbinder. This is Part Two of about 100 parts. Prefatory to the text is a full page steel engraving of Mount Desert Coast of Maine engraved by Robert Hinshelwood after a painting by Henry Fenn. The text includes the last part of St. John's and Ocklawaha Rivers w/ enravings by Hinshelwood after paintings and sketches by Harry Fenn. [pp. 25-30]. Up and Down the Columbia follows, with wood engravings after paintings and sketches by R. Swain Gifford, included several full page affairs. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional snapshots. Harry Fenn, (1837- 1911), was an English-born American illustrator, landscape painter, etcher, and wood engraver. From 1870 to around 1895 he was the most prominent landscape illustrator in the United States. Robert Hinshelwood was born in Edinburgh in 1812 and emigrated to America in 1835 where he became renowned for his landscapes, etchings and engravings. His meticulous attention to detail was appreciated by publishing houses such as Appleton's and Harper's, and also by the Continental Bank Note Company who employed him to produce plates for the printing of currency. Robert Swain Gifford (December 23, 1840 - January 13, 1905) was an American landscape painter. He was influenced by the Barbizon school. Much of his work focuses on the landscapes of New England, where he was born. He, along with Victorian contemporaries from the White Mountain and Hudson River Schools, helped immortalize the majestic cliffs of Grand Manan in the Bay of Fundy. Picturesque America was a two-volume set of books describing and illustrating the scenery of America, published by D. Appleton and Company of New York in 1872 and 1874 and edited by the romantic poet and journalist William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), who also edited the New York Evening Post. The layout and concept was similar to that of Picturesque Europe. The work's essays, together with its nine hundred wood engravings and fifty steel engravings, are considered to have had a profound influence on the growth of tourism and the historic preservation movement in the United States See Wiki for more info thereon. Picturesque America was a two-volume set of books describing and illustrating the scenery of America, published by D. Appleton and Company of New York in 1872 and 1874 and edited by the romantic poet and journalist William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), who also edited the New York Evening Post. The layout and concept was similar to that of Picturesque Europe. The work's essays, together with its nine hundred wood engravings and fifty steel engravings, are considered to have had a profound influence on the growth of tourism and the historic preservation movement in the United States. The preface described the book as "A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, canyons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists. It is the design of this publication to present full descriptions and elaborate pictorial delineations of the scenery characteristic of all the different parts of our country. The wealth of material for this purpose is almost boundless." . This set and others of the same genre, achieved great popularity in the nineteenth century. Their illustrations provided a tour of nineteenth century America, unspoilt and pastoral, its centres of commerce, ports, architecture and natural treasures. In a modern (2001) treatment of the work, Sue Rainey, who is a historian of American graphic arts and has a particular interest in the artists who drew landscapes and cityscapes for periodical and book illustrations, wrote "As the first publication to celebrate the entire continental nation, it enabled Americans, after the trauma of the Civil War, to cons
Seller: Charles Lewis Best Booksellers, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good
Description: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. (1872) Hand colored steel engraved print. A Good print. Image size 9.25" x 5.25"; frame 13" x 11.". Deep wood frame with glaze. (Not examined out of frame). A hand-colored lithograph. Some soiling and light browning to the print. Good. **** Engraved for William Cullen Bryant's PICTURESQUE AMERICA: or, The Land We Live in. published by Bryant in 1872-74. ***.
Seller: Frey Fine Books, Rougemont, NC, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good
Description: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. (1872) Hand colored steel engraved print. A Good print. Image size 9.25" x 5.25"; frame 13" x 11.". Deep wood frame with glaze. (Not examined out of frame). A hand-colored lithograph. Some soiling and light browning to the print. Good. **** Engraved for William Cullen Bryant's PICTURESQUE AMERICA: or, The Land We Live in. published by Bryant in 1872-74. ***.
Seller: Frey Fine Books, Rougemont, NC, U.S.A.
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Description: Steel engraving. 4to (12½" X 9¼"). Near fine. Faint age toning at edges. Wonderfully bright and sharp heavy stock steel engraving from the first edition (1872-74) of editor William Cullen Bryant's landmark "Picturesque America; Or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Waterfalls, Shores, Canyons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of Our Country," a hefty two-volume study of America's scenery in words and fine steel engraving considered highly influential to American tourism. In this depiction of the glacial valley in the western Sierra Nevada Mountains of northern California, the smooth-as-glass lake features a hunter in the right foreground lying prone in the front of a canoe, having just fired his rifle at a deer swimming ahead of him at center foreground; a sandbar and island appear at dead center, and behind that the heavily-forested lake's edge, with majestic mountains rising in the distance; the lake reflects the woods and mountains so sharply viewers almost feel they are looking at a photograph. Most of the "Picturesque America" engravings were printed on regular text-weight stock, and a much smaller number (such as this example) on a fine, heavy stock -- and unlike most of them, this particular scene has no artist and/or engraver's name included at lower right and lower left of the image.
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good
Description: Washington. Gesamtansicht. Hinshelwood. Washington from Arlington Heights.1872. Stahlstich. Historische Ortsansicht, von Robert Hinshelwood, nach Warren Sheppard. 14 x 22,4 cm (Darstellung), 24 x 32,5 cm (Blatt).Aus: William Cullen Bryant, Picturesque America or, the land we live in (New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1872-1874), Bd. 1-2. Gesamtansicht über den Potomac River auf das Capitol im Zentrum. Im Rahmen fingerfleckig, knickspurig und im oberen Bereich Wasserfleck. Sonst gut erhalten.Robert Hinshelwood (1812 Edinburgh - 1879 New York). Amerikanischer Kupferstecher. Wanderte um 1835 in die Vereinigten Staaten aus und arbeitete als Landschaftsstecher für New Yorker Verleger.Warren Sheppard (1858 Greenwich - 1937 New York). Amerikanischer Marinemaler und Landschaftszeichner. Unterhalb der Darstellung rechts signiert. Mittig gestochener Titel und Verlegeradresse.
Seller: GALERIE HIMMEL, Dresden, Germany
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This large hardcover book is Very Good Plus; being square and tight. This is one of the volumes of the relatively rare six volume set published in cloth. Normally you see this in a two volume set. The boards are Very Good with minor scuffs to the edges and moderate wear to the points and extremities of the spine. The boards are still suprisingly pleasant for their age. The gilt on the front board and spine are pristine. The gilt edged block is Fine with very little toning. The pages have no markings or folds. The front gutter is cracked but strong and the rear gutter is pristine. The first half of the pages have a dampstain at the lower corner not involving the text or engravings. The steel plates are printed on top quality heavy paper. The wood block illustrations are remarkable in their detail. This volume is filled with scenes of America of the day from the natural to the man-made. It was personally edited by William Cullens Bryant in every detail. (BAL 1732).
Seller: Next Chapter Books SC, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This large hardcover book is Very Good Plus; being square and tight. This is one of the volumes of the relatively rare six volume set published in cloth. Normally you see this in a two volume set. The boards are Very Good with minor scuffs to the edges and moderate wear to the points and extremities of the spine. The boards are still suprisingly pleasant for their age; the front board having a muted angled mark at the lower quarter. The gilt on the front board and spine are pristine. The gilt edged block is Fine with very little toning. The pages have no markings or folds. There is a dampstain to the lower corner of each page intruding a bit upon the text and plates. The front gutter is pristine and the rear gutter is just beginning to crack but very strong. The steel plates are printed on top quality heavy paper. The wood block illustrations are remarkable in their detail. This volume is filled with scenes of America of the day from the natural to the man-made. It was personally edited by William Cullens Bryant in every detail. (BAL 1732).
Seller: Next Chapter Books SC, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This large hardcover book is Very Good; being square and tight. This is one of the volumes of the relatively rare six volume set published in cloth. Normally you see this in a two volume set. The boards are Very Good with minor scuffs to the edges and moderate wear to the points and extremities of the spine. The rear board has recognizable degradation to the cloth from exposure. The gilt on the front board is pristine and the first lettering on the spine obscured from the exposure but otherwise pristine. The gilt edged block is Fine with very little toning. The pages have no markings or folds.The gutters are beginning to crack but are strong. The steel plates are printed on top quality heavy paper. The wood block illustrations are remarkable in their detail. This volume is filled with scenes of America of the day from the natural to the man-made. It was personally edited by William Cullens Bryant in every detail. (BAL 1732).
Seller: Next Chapter Books SC, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This large hardcover book is Very Good Plus; being square and tight. This is one of the volumes of the relatively rare six volume set published in cloth. Normally you see this in a two volume set. The boards are Very Good with minor scuffs to the edges and moderate wear to the points and extremities of the spine. The boards are still suprisingly pleasant for their age. The gilt on the front board and spine are pristine. The gilt edged block is Fine with very little toning. The pages do not have markings or folds. The gutters are beginning to crack but are strong. The steel plates are printed on top quality heavy paper. The wood block illustrations are remarkable in their detail. This volume is filled with scenes of America of the day from the natural to the man-made. It was personally edited by William Cullens Bryant in every detail. (BAL 1732).
Seller: Next Chapter Books SC, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
Warren, A.C. [Wellstood, W.]. City of Cincinnati [Engraving]. D. Appleton & Co, New York, 1872.
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Condition: Very Good
Description: Original steel engraving, measures 12.5" x 9.5" including border. Image is clean and sharp. Toning to outside edges. Bottom edge untrimmed. From William Cullen Bryant's Picturesque America, Volume II (1872-1874). A nice example of this charming view of Cincinnati from the surrounding hills. William Wellstood (1819-1900) was born in Scotland and came to the United States with his family in 1830. He and his older brother John both became engravers. While John worked in the field of banknote engraving, William devoted himself to engraving portraits, landscapes and historical subjects. He created a large body of work and gained a notable reputation in his profession.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: 330x265mm. VIII+568 pages. With 24 Engravings on Steel. Gilt leather cover. Cover and spine both worn at edges and torn corners. Cover peels of at corners. Cover and spine detached. Inner binding loose with few pages detached. Two last white pages and rear cover detached. Pages yellowing, worn and partly torn at edges. Pages age stained. In fair condition. 4 Kg The book is in : English
Seller: The Book Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 2 volume set. Quartos, 34 cm. Bound in publisher's leather, with gold vignette on cover. Hardcovers. Boards detached. Foxing throughout. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Large & Thick folio, original full brown morocco leather, ornately stamped covers and spines in brown and gilt with inside dentelles, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. First edition. "One of the great books of American illustrations. The best landscapes engraved in this country are to be found here" (Hamilton, 216). Very Good with some moderate abrasions to the covers and spine, covers are tight, Contents are nice and about fine
Seller: White Mountains, Rare Books and Maps, Lincoln, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hand-colored steel engraving, measures 12.5" x 9.25" including border. Clean image, brightly colored. Couple stains along right edge, not affecting image. Unevenly trimmed at lower edge. Appears to have been previously mounted, tape remnants on verso of top edge. From William Cullen Bryant's Picturesque America, Volume II (1872-1874). The vibrant colors of this engraving make it a lovely image of Cincinnati, the "Queen City of the West." William Wellstood (1819-1900) was born in Scotland and came to the United States with his family in 1830. He and his older brother John both became engravers. While John worked in the field of banknote engraving, William devoted himself to engraving portraits, landscapes and historical subjects. He created a large body of work and gained a notable reputation in his profession.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$180.73 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: pp.viii, 568 pages, overall a very good hardback, publisher's original brown (part) leather binding with 4 raised bands and gilt lettering to the spine. Finished with lighter brown leatherette cloth covered boards with the front cover having a decorative 'Picturesque America' in gold gilt. All page edges are also gold gilt. The book is extremely well bound, internally excellent (pages completely clean).it's flaw is to the exterior, particularly some rubbing to the leather at the extremities.
Seller: G. & J. CHESTERS, TAMWORTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$224.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 vols. Illus. including full page engraved plates, 13 x 10", half leather; gilt-lettered and gilt-pict pebbled cloth; aeg, 568pp; 568pp. Covers rubbed, extremities bumped and chipping, front cover detached (but present) on both volumes, spine ends bumped and chipping, text pages toned, but complete with the 49 Steel Engravings. BOTH VOLUMES BOLDLY INSCRIBED "To The Thompson Home for Old Ladies. Presented by D.C. Holbrook. Dec, 1885." The Thompson Home for Old Ladies still stands at 4756 Cass Avenue, was in operation until 1977 when the building was purchased by Wayne State University. Extra postage required.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$235.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: A Fair two-volume leather-bound set (Vol. I--1872; Vol II--1874). Each volume is a lavishly illustrated folio hardcover bound in full brown leather, with all gilt edges, and marbled end papers. The set is not rated higher because both volumes are missing a number of steel engraved plates (and in most cases, the tissues to the missing plates). Thus, Vol. I (vii + 568 pp., in 34 subject chapters) is missing 16 of its 24 steel engraved plates. Volume II (vi + 576 pp., in 31 subject chapters) is missing 6 of its 25 steel engraved plates. In addition to missing plates, there are pencil marks in each volume's list of plates, some light age tanning, and Vol. I has pencil marks on the title page and a moisture stain in the upper corner of some of the front matters. Still, the contents of each volume remain otherwise complete and mark-free, fully legible, and securely bound with each volume's hinges holding extraordinarily well given the age and heft of each volume. The all gilt edges have some scuffs and staining. The spine has four raised bands, gilt lettering, and black (not blind) stamped/tooled decorations. Similarly the boards have beveled edges and elaborate stamped/tooled decorations, plus, on the upper board, lettering and decoration in gilt. These covers have above average scuffing and rubbing, but the actual decorations are not significantly affected in this still attractive set. No ex-library markings. **Extra charges to cover shipping costs will apply to an order requesting expedited and/or international shipping because of the size and weight of this set.
Seller: Black and Read Books, Music & Games, Arvada, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 2 volumes, ADDITIONAL POSTAGE REQUIRED, gilt on cover and spine, raised ridges on spine, foxing, full page illustrations, corners rubbed, musty odor, marbled end papers, cover and spine rubbed Oversized book, additional postage may be required. DATE PUBLISHED: 1872 EDITION:
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
BRYANT CULLEN WILLIAM. Picturesque America Volumes 1 & 2. D. APPLETON & CO., NEW YORK, 1872.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: major fading and general wear to cover and spine. gold gilt lettering and illustrations to front covers and spines of both volumes. front covers of both volumes are detatched from binding. colored gold gilt edges to both volumes. pencil writing to title pages of both volumes. Volume 1 has 568 pages. Volume 2 has 576 pages. pages are very clean. black and white illustrations throughout both volumes. EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED. Books together weigh 21 pounds. DATE PUBLISHED: 1872 EDITION: 1144
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$282.21 + shipping
Description: viii+568 S., 4?, OHLdr., privater Einband der Zeit mit goldgeprägten Titeln und Schmuck, sowie Ganzgoldschnitt, Marmorvorsatz, mit zahlr., teils ganzseitigen Textholzschnitten und 23 Stahlstich-Tafeln / viii+568 pp., quarto, private half leather cover of the time with gilt titles and decoration, gilt edging, marbled endpapers, with numerous plates with wood and steel engravings. 4500 g
Seller: Antiquariat Im Seefeld / Ernst Jetzer, Zürich, Switzerland
Bryant, William Cullen. Picturesque America;: Or, The Land we live in. D. Appleton and Co, 1872.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 2 volume set. Publisher's 1/2 moroccan leather binding over burgundy boards. Bindings solid. Cover worn, volume 1 has an ugly dampstain to front board cloth. Corners bumped. All edges gilt. Hardcover. Marbled end pages. vi, 568, viii + 576 p. in 48 pts. : fronts., ill., plates. ; 34 cm. Clean, unmarked pages. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Bryant, William Cullen. Picturesque America Volumes 1 & 2. D. APPLETON AND CO., NEW YORK, 1872.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: silight wear to cover and spine. Decorative cover and spine. gold gilt letteiring and illustrations to cover gold gilt edges. wear to endpapers. Volume One has 568 pages and Volume 2 has 576. volume one has foxing to endpages. pages are very clean. black illustrations. EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED. Both volumes together weigh about 22 pounds. DATE PUBLISHED: 1872 EDITION: 1144
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Text and illustrations VG; Binding VG; Covers and binding Fair/Good with signs of wear. Overall Good. Size and weight will require additional shipping.
Seller: Doodletown Farm Books, Ancram, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: viii, 568; vi,576. Pp. With illustrations on steel and wood, by Eminent American Artists. Engr. Title pages.Full page Steel engravings throughout both volumes Leather is worn both vols esp. along edges. Some staining to plates, generally good Both vols tooled leather with gilt titles and vignettes to fronts ansd spine. Linenbacked endpapers. A.e.g.
Seller: Schooner Books Ltd.(ABAC/ALAC), Halifax, NS, Canada
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 2 volume set. Publisher's moroccan leather binding, gilt ruled, beveled boards. All edges gilt. Hardcover. Front boards detached. vi, 568, viii + 576 p. in 48 pts. : fronts., ill., plates. ; 34 cm. Clean, unmarked pages. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto, viii, 568 pages; VG; bound in original brown hard-grain full morocco, paneled spine with decorative blind-tooling and and gilt lettering; blind-tooled borders on covers, gilt lettering on front cover, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; mild rubbing and wear; 24 steel-engraved plates, including frontispiece and title, numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text; shelved above front case. 1349459. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Folio, 6 volumes, original gilt cloth illustrated. Some foxing to text and plates, but many plates are clean. Previous owner name stamped on endpapers. Bindings are chipped and worn at spine and extremities, some hinges are split. Also, slightly bent, but not that noticeable. A very good first edition of this classic set of Americana edited by William Cullen Bryant. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of wood and 49 steel engravings by S.V. Hunt, James Smallie, Thomas Moran, Henry Fenn and others.
Seller: Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books, ABAA, Florham Park, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Large format two volume with illustrations on "Steel and Wood by eminent American artists. 1000+ pages. Text VG. Tooled leather covers Good with expected wear and losses. Because of size and weight, these will require additional shipping.
Seller: Doodletown Farm Books, Ancram, NY, U.S.A.
Bryant, William Cullen. Picturesque America;: Or, The Land we live in. D. Appleton and Co, 1872.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 2 volume set. Full contemporary leather binding. 5 raised bands, gilt ornamentation down spine. Hardcover. Front boards detached along front hinge of both volumes. A few chips from leather. Scattered foxing vi, 568, viii + 576 p. in 48 pts. : fronts., ill., plates. ; 34 cm. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Bryant, William Cullen. Picturesque America;: Or, The Land we live in. D. Appleton and Co, 1872.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 volume set. Publisher's moroccan leather binding, gilt ruled, beveled boards. All edges gilt. Hardcover. Volume 1 front board detached. vi, 568, viii + 576 p. in 48 pts. : fronts., ill., plates. ; 34 cm. Clean, unmarked pages. Profusely illustrated with detailed black-and-white steel-plate engravings throughout. Frontispiece illustrations are protected with tissue guards. Following the success of the 2-volume series Picturesque Europe, Picturesque America employed a similar format, with text and editing assistance from Romantic poet and journalist William Cullen Bryant. This two-volume set and others of the same genre achieved great popularity in the nineteenth century. Their illustrations provided a tour of nineteenth century America, unspoilt and pastoral, its centers of commerce, ports, architecture and natural treasures. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: New York D. Appleton and Co. N.d. c.[1872]. . Used-Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1872. First Edition. LeatherBound. "LCT" Initials on both front covers. No other ownership marks. The full leather bindings have "MEC" as the binder. Original beginning wraps are bound in. . Folio, Full leather slightly rubbed with some spine wear and fading. .
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two volumes, published in 1872 and 1874. Each volume measures approx. 10 in by 13. in. Vol. I: viii, 568 pp; Vol. II: vi, 576 pp. The volumes are heavily illustrated with steel engraved frontispieces, a total of 47 steel engraved plates, and a large number of wood-engraved text illustrations. The descriptive texts are by various authors; the illustrations and steel engravings are by various artists, including Granville Perkins, A. C. Warren, Harry Fenn, and Robert Hinshelwood. Full, dark brown leather with blind-stamped designs on both panels, and the title stamped in gold on the front panel. Four raised bands, gilt titling on the spine. Marbled end-papers; inner dentelles. All edges gilt. The frontispiece of Vol. I and the engraved title page and a few subsequent pages show damp-staining at the lower end of the hinge. The front and rear panels and spines of each volume show light wear and rubbing. Page margins show age-related toning. BAL 1732. Weight of the set is 21 lbs. Postage may be extra on this item.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$448.79 + shipping
Description: folio, 32cm, in 2 thick volumes, viii,568 & vi,576pp. engraved frontis plates, engraved and printed title-pages in both volumes, 45 steel engraved plates and numerous wood-engraved plates and illustrations, bound in half dark green (black) morocco, raised gilt ruled bands, small gilt decorations in the panels, pebbled green cloth boards with gilt rules on the borders, bevelled boards, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, re-inforce inner linen hinges, expertly restored with most of the original spine panels relayed, very good to fine sound clean and tight set attractively bound. (cgc) Because of the weight of the text this set of books is more commonly found in poor condition. The restoration cost today would be in the four and half to five hundred dollars category per volume. Known for having the best plates of all the 'Picturesque' series of this period. Bryant's text is worthy. "Picturesque Amerca" first appeared in parts as a magazine series in Appleton's Journal. Artists include Harry Fenn, Granville Perkins, R. Swain Gifford, A.R.Waud, Thomas Moran, A.S. Hazeltine, W.L.Sheppard, J.A. Suydam. These two volumes include essays on Florida, Virginia, Long Island, New Orleans, Yellowstone, Niagara, Maine, Tennessee, New Hampshire. An important series that introduced the whole of the United States to the general reader.
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: 3/4 leather with gilt embossed Publisher's cloth over thick board covers. All Edges Gilt. Marbled endpapers. Volume 1 (1872): vi, 568 pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates Volume 2 (1874): viii, 576 pages, [25] leaves of plates) 47 steel engravings plus 2 engraved itle pages. Fascinating historical insight on America's attractions is presented in this rare six-volume set, interspersed with exquisite, crisp, clean steel engravings. Interior is sublime for its age--a captivating set all around. Contents as follows for both volumes: Volume I: On the coast of Maine / O.B. Bunce -- St. John's and Ocklawaha Rivers, Florida / T.B. Thorpe -- Up and down the Columbia / L.J.G. Runkle -- Lookout Mountain and the Tennessee / O.B. Bunce -- Richmond, scenic and historic / J.R. Thompson -- Natural Bridge, Virginia / John Esten Cooke -- Delaware Water-Gap / J.E. Ringwalt -- Mauch Chunk / O.B. Bunce -- On the Savannah / W.V. Thompson -- The French Broad / F.G. de Fontaine -- The White Mountains / Susan N. Carver -- Neversink Highlands / O.B. Bunce -- St. Augustine, Florida / Robert Carter -- Charleston and its suburbs / O.B. Bunce -- Weyer's Cave, Virginia / Sallie A. Brock -- Scenes on the Brandywine / O.B. Bunce -- Cumberland Gap / F.G. de Fontaine -- Watkins Glen / O.B. Bunce -- Scenes in eastern Long Island / O.B. Bunce -- The Lower Mississippi / T.B. Thorpe -- Mackinac / Constance F. Woolson -- Our great national park / O.B. Bunce -- Harper's Ferry / J.C. Cappenter -- Scenes in Virginia / G.W. Bagby -- Newport / T.M. Clarke -- West Virginia / D.H. Strother -- Lake Superior / Constance F. Woolson -- Northern California / R.E. Garczynski -- Niagara / R.E. Garczynski -- Trenton Falls / R.E. Garczynski -- The Yosemite Falls / James D. Smillie -- Providence and vicinity / T.M. Clarke -- South shore of Lake Erie / Constance F. Woolson -- On the coast of California / R.E. Garczynski. Volume II: Highlands and Palisades of the Hudson / E.L. Burlingame -- Philadelphia and its suburbs / C.D. Gardette -- Northern New Jersey / W.F. Williams -- Valley of the Connecticut / W.C. Richards -- Baltimore and environs / J.C. Carpenter -- The Catskills / Henry A. Brown -- The Juniata / R.E. Garczynski -- On the Ohio / Constance F. Woolson -- The plains and the sierras / E.L. Burlingame -- The Susquehanna / R.E. Garczynski -- Boston / G.M. Towle -- Lake George and Lake Champlain / O.B. Bunce -- Mount Mansfield / Rossiter Johnson -- Valley of the Housatonic / W.C. Richards -- The Upper Mississippi / R.E. Garczynski -- Valley of the Genesee / W.S. Ward -- St. Lawrence and the Saguenay / W.H. Rideing -- Eastern Shore / G.M. Towle -- The Adirondack region / Robert Carter -- The Connecticut shore of the sound / W.C. Richards -- Lake Memphremagog / W.H. Rideing -- The Mohawk, Albany, and Troy / R.E. Garczynski -- The Upper Delaware / W.H. Rideing -- Water-falls at Cayuga Lake / W.H. Rideing -- The Rocky Mountains / W.H. Rideing -- The Cañons of the Colorado / J.E. Colburn -- Chicago and Milwaukee / O.B. Bunce -- A glance at the northwest / W.H. Rideing -- The Mammoth Cave / W.H. Rideing -- New York and Brooklyn / O.B. Bunce -- Washington / G.M. Towle.Engravings in volume 1 are as follows: 1. Niagara 2. Cascade in Virginia 3. Mount Desert Coast of Maine 4. On the Coast of Florida 5. Mount Hood from Columbia River 6. Richmond from the James 7. Delaware Water Gap 8. Smokey Mountains Eastern Tennessee 9. Mount Washington Road 10. Highlands of the Neversink 11. Cumberland Gap 12. City of New Orleans 13. Upper Falls of the Yellowstone 14. Harper's Ferry by Moonlight 15. The Chickahominy 16. Baptism Bay Lake Superior 17. Mount Shasta 18. Mirror Lake Yosemite Valley 19. City of Providence 20. Indian Rock Narragansett 21. City of Buffalo 22. City of Cleveland 23. City of Detroit 24. The Golden Gate. VG internally, extremities of leather show scuffing at beveled edges and hinge lines, still a firm and solid set, several smudges to page edges nothing terrible
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: ** RARE ** 48 SEPARATE MAGAZINES COMPLETE ** SOFTCOVER ** ALL PAGES AND ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION PLATES PRESENT AND INTACT ** 576 TOTAL PAGES ** FOLIO-SIZE ** Published 1872-1874 by D. Appleton & Company. NOT ex-library. Conditions vary from only Fair to Very Good, with the worst being Part One, which has a detached front cover. However, none of the illustration plates have any damage or encroaching age tanning or soiling. Rarely seen anymore in this original magazine format, which were sold by subscription only. These are the original 48 magazines upon which the hardcover volumes were based, and they contain the same content as the hardcover publications.
Seller: Twice-Loved Books, East Palestine, OH, U.S.A.
Bryant, William Cullen. Picturesque America;: Or, The Land we live in. D. Appleton and Co, 1872.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: D. Appleton and Co January 1872 VOL. 1 AND 2, VERY GOOD, CONTACT SELLER FOR PICTURES $NRP
Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Bryant, William Cullen. Picturesque America;: Or, The Land we live in. D. Appleton and Co, 1872.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 volume set. Publisher's 1/2 moroccan leather binding over pebbled cloth. Gilt ruled. All edges gilt. Hardcover. Shelfwear. Marbled end pages. vi, 568, viii + 576 p. in 48 pts. : fronts., ill., plates. ; 34 cm. Clean, unmarked pages. Profusely illustrated with detailed black-and-white steel-plate engravings throughout. Frontispiece illustrations are protected with tissue guards. Following the success of the 2-volume series Picturesque Europe, Picturesque America employed a similar format, with text and editing assistance from Romantic poet and journalist William Cullen Bryant. This two-volume set and others of the same genre achieved great popularity in the nineteenth century. Their illustrations provided a tour of nineteenth century America, unspoilt and pastoral, its centers of commerce, ports, architecture and natural treasures. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Bryant, William Cullen. PICTURESQUE AMERICA. D. Appleton & Company, 1872.
Price: US$527.72 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1872. Fair condition with no wrapper. Two volumes. Large format. Full brown leather binding, raised bands and gilt gilt decorations to spine. Gilt titles and decorations to front cover. All edges gilt. Numerous b/w steel engravings. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Canyons, Valleys, Cities and Other Picturesque Features of our Country. 12.5 x 10 inches. Book: all plates present. Damage to first two pages of Volume I, with slight loss. Dampstaining to corners of first 40 pages of Volume II else contents very good. Hinge of front board of Volume II slightly cracked. Edges a little worn. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Price: US$537.17 + shipping
Description: New York, D. Appleton and Company, [ 1872-1874]. VIII, 568 S.; IV, 576 S. Jeder Band zusätzlichem, gestochenen Titelblatt. Zusammen 46 (von 47) Stahlstichtafeln (inkl. Frontispiz) und 838 Holzstichabbildungen im Text und auf Tafeln. Dunkelbraunes OLdr. mit starken, blind- und goldgeprägten Deckeln mit Steh- und Innenkantenfileten. Vollgoldschnitt, Moirée-Vorsatzbll. 4to. 33 cm. Sabin 62692. - Text von Oliver B. Bunce, Einleitung und Korrekturblätter von William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), amerikanischer Dichter der Romantik, auch Jurist und Journalist. Die Stahlstiche großenteils von Robert Hinshelwood (1812-1879, aus Schottland emigrierter Landschaftsmaler, Radierer und Kupferstecher). - Eine Stahlstichtafel FEHLT (Bd. 2, vor S. 444: "East Rock, New Haven"). Außen mäßig beschabt; Vorsätze mit Besitzerprägestempel d. 19. Jh., Einige Bll. stockfleckig. Ansehnliches Exemplar des oppulenten Werks
Seller: Antiquariat Reinhold Pabel, Hamburg, Germany
Price: US$540.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: With illustrations on steel and wood, by eminent American artists. Bound in full brown leather with the covers and spines stamped in gilt and blind. All edges gilt. Gilt inner dentelles. Five raised bands on the spines. Rubbing wear to the edges. Inner hinges have been professionally repaired.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$548.13 + shipping
Description: 2 Bde. 31 x 26 cm. Mit insgesamt 49 Stahlstichtafeln (inklusive 2 Frontisp. u. 2 Stahlstichtiteln) u. zahlr., vielen ganzs. Holzstichillustr. 8, 568; 6, 576; Schwere marmor., braune Halblederbände der Zeit m. goldgeprägt. Rt. u. dreis. Goldschnitt. - Exlibris. - Bd. 1: Stahlstichtitel m. kl. Fleckenrand, Drucktitel m. Papierverstärkung am Außenrand, sonst gutes bis sehr gutes Ex. * Prächtiges Werk mit den schönen, sauberen Stahlstichansichten. Die Stahlstichtafeln zeigen u.a. : Niagara. Cascade in Virginia. Mount Desert, Coast of Maine. On the Coast of Florida. Mount Hood, from Columbia River. Richmond, from the James. Delaware Water-Gap. Mount Washington Road. City of New Orleans. City of Buffalo. City of Cleveland. City of Detroit. The Golden Gate. New York, from Brooklyn Height. Dome of the Capitol. West Point. Philadelphia from Belmont. City of Cincinnati. City of Louisville. Boston, from south Boston. City of St. Louis. City of Milwaukee 1
Seller: Bojara & Bojara-Kellinghaus OHG, Osnabrück, Germany
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Large 4to. 25 x 32 cm. Contemporary 3/4 morocco with gilt-stamped spines (edgeworn but still very firm and attractive); marbled endpapers. 2 vols. iv+568; iv+576pps. 48 engravings.Discussion of the geographical beauty and variety of America. Light occasional foxing and some discoloration to paper at fore and top-edges, but outside of image area. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Canons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of Our Country. 2 volumes. Frontispiece and extra illustrated title pages in each volume. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of steel and wood engravings by eminent American artists.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$563.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: . . . . 4to, hardcovers. brown decorative cloth. Near fine condition. Original cloth bindings, all six volumes in remarkably good condition: no soiling, negligible cover wear, contents clean, all engravings sharp, free of foxing, no foxing to text, all bindings square and tight, with no cracking at endpaper seams. A lovely set, uncommon in this format and in this condition. 19th, Books, Century, History, Illustrated, States, Travel, United,
Seller: Tiber Books, Cockeysville, MD, U.S.A.
BRYANT, William Cullen. PICTURESQUE AMERICA. , 1872.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: BRYANT, William Cullen, ed. PICTURESQUE AMERICA. NY: D. Appleton, (1872-1874). 2 Volumes, Folio, Original 3/4 brown morocco, gilt covers, aeg. 49 Steel Engravings (2 Engraved Title Pages) and Hundreds of Woodcuts in the text. The bindings are somewhat worn, but firm, internally this is a very clean and bright copy. $.
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$695.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This is a near fine, or better, hardcover first edition, 2 volume set. tooled brown leather binding with gold stamped artist's palette, full gold dentelles 4 rib spines with gold stamping, all edges gilt, and beautiful marbled endpapers. 1872 on volume 1 & 1874 for volume 2. A fine tight, complete set with no foxing. Photos on request. MEDIA SHIPPING ONLY, much extra for airmail or international shipping
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Price: US$695.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two Volumes of the Two Volume Set - Conditions the same unless noted: Large folio sized books with 3/4 leather to spine and corners over faux morroco with raised bands and gilt titling to spines and bright gilt titling and artists brushes and palette to front. All edges of text block bright gilt and marbled endpapers. Very large books are tight, square, relatively sharp-cornered and free of major flaws or markings - indeed if it weren't for minor to moderate wear to leather from handling, books would be near fine, but are certainly Very Good with only interior flaws being quite minor foxing to a few of the plates, almost unnoticeable. All tissue guards present. Nine hundred wood engravings and fifty steel engravings, the majority after Harry Fenn, and A.C. Warren, but also Thomas Moran, James Smillie, Granville Perkins, William Hart and others.
Seller: Barberry Lane Booksellers, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Full morocco decorated in gilt. Thick 4to. 2 Volumes. Very good +.Faint wear only to extremities. Scattered foxing. All edges gilt. Profusely illustrated with in text illustrations and full page steel engravings. A beautiful set.
Seller: David Morrison Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Contemporary ½ mahogany morocco with gilt-tooled borders, spine with six compartments of raised gilt bands with blind-tooled floral motifs and gilt lettering on two and four, edges tinted red, endpapers marbled. , This is a handsome copy of Bryant?s ?Picturesque America?, filled with marvelous panoramas and scenery from across the United States., Size : Large 4to, Complete with 49 steel engravings and a profusion of wood engravings throughout. , Volume : Two volumes., P. Volume 1. Frontis, vignette, title, printer's imprint, preface, 568 pp.; Volume 2. frontis, vignette, title, printer's imprint, 576 pp. Covers started, corners rubbed. Text and plates generally very clean. A very good copy.
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Softcover folio, original wrappers, in Good condition. Two volumes in 48 Parts. Volume 1: Parts 1-24, and Volume 2: Parts 25-48, in blue cloth wraparound hard boxes. with leather inset title on upper spines. Parts 1-48 in original wrappers, all protected in mylar covers. Minor wear to spine ends on most parts. Part 1 backstrip is chipped, otherwise the parts are quite well preserved. The parts were sold by subscription, the buyer being responsible for having the sets bound by their bookbinder. Photos available on request. Priority Mail and International orders will require additional postage; please inquire prior to ordering.
Seller: Gold Beach Books & Art Gallery LLC, Gold Beach, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$822.19 + shipping
Description: Contemporary aniline calf over matching buckram boards. Raised bands with the title blocked direct in gilt. Spine compartments uniformly tooled. Minor wear to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains an exceptional set - scans &c. On request. ; 1 pages; Physical desc. : 2 vol. ; 4to. Subject: United States/Quebec (Province) - Description and travel - Views - (1865-1900) . Notes: Published in parts. With an additional titlepage, engraved, to each volume. 10 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boards with light rubbing to extremities. A bit of fraying to top spines, more prominent on bottom spines. Front hinges have a bit of play. A hint of browning and very light foxing to first pages of each volume. Vol I: Small cut to outer spine covering at bottom spine. ; Two hefty volumes, profusely illustrated with 49 steel engravings (2 frontispieces) and b&w illustrations from wootcuts. Full leather boards with embossed linear decoration. All edges gilt. Spine with 5 raised bands and gilt lettering. Decorative marbled endpapers. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; viii, 568; vi, 576 pages
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$855.08 + shipping
Description: 2 Stahlstich-Titel, VIII, 568 S.; VI, 576 S. Mit zahlr. Stahlsticktafeln und teilw. ganzs. Holzstichillustrationen Opulent illustr. Prachtausgabe. Gutes Ex., nur gelegentlich gering stockfleckig; Einband berieben, Ecken bestossen. - The indicated shipping costs refer to books weighing up to one kilogram. - Bücher, die schwerer als ein Kilogramm oder größer als 35 x 25 cm sind, werden als Paket verschickt und kosten innerhalb Deutschlands bis zu zwei Kilogramm 6 Euro, darüber hinaus 7 Euro Porto. - Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 6550 Fol., repräsentative Einbände in gold- und schwarzgepr. braunem Maroquin der zeit mit Steh- und Innenkantenvergoldung.
Seller: Galerie Joy Versandantiquariat UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Boppard, Germany
Price: US$875.00 + shipping
Description: Contemporary ½ mahogany morocco with gilt text and vignette to upper boards, spine in five compartments of raised gilt bands and gilt-tooled floral motifs, gilt lettering on two and four, edges gilt, endpapers marbled. , This is a handsome copy of Bryant?s ?Picturesque America?, filled with marvelous panoramas and scenery from across the United States., Size : Large 4to. , Complete with 49 steel engravings and a profusion of wood engravings throughout. , Volume : Two volumes., P. Volume 1. Frontis, vignette, title, printer's imprint, preface, 568 pp.; Volume 2. frontis, vignette, title, printer's imprint, 576 pp. A very good copy, text and plates generally very clean.
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Two Volumes. 1872 and 1874. Contemporary mahogany and briown morocco with gilt-tooled borders, spine with six compartments of raised gilt bands with blind-tooled floral motifs and gilt lettering on two and four, gilt page edges, endpapers marbled. Interior increadily bright and clean. Volume II front cover top separating and rear cover detached, but included. Both volumes have wear, particularly to the edges, corners, and spine.This lovely set is filled with marvelous panoramas and scenery from across the United States. Size : Large 4to, Complete with 49 steel engravings and a profusion of wood engravings throughout. Two volumes. Volume 1. Frontis, vignette, title, printer's imprint, preface, 568 pp.; Volume 2. frontis, vignette, title, printer's imprint, 576 pp. Covers detached, corners rubbed. Text and plates quite clean. Additional Shipping Required.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$910.00 + shipping
Description: Contemporary aniline calf over matching buckram boards. Raised bands with the title blocked direct in gilt. Spine compartments uniformly tooled. Minor wear to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains an exceptional set - scans &c. On request. ; 1 pages; Physical desc. : 2 vol. ; 4to. Subject: United States/Quebec (Province) - Description and travel - Views - (1865-1900) . Notes: Published in parts. With an additional titlepage, engraved, to each volume. 10 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 2 volumes complete as issued. Set is in G overall condition and described as follows: VOL. 1 - Book is in G condition with rubbing to edges & covers, approx. 1" tear at foot of spine/front hinge, front cover slightly loose, first gathering of pages slightly loose else a bright & solid copy. VOL. 2 - Book is in G condition with rubbing to edges & covers, front hinge slightly loose else a bright & solid copy. Numerous steel engravings & wood block prints. Gilt edges front covers & spines.
Seller: JB's Book Vault, Buffalo, WY, U.S.A.
Bryant, William Cullen. Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In. D. Appleton & Company, 1872.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good copy of the two volume set. Published 1872 & 18724. Both volumes bound in dark leather on spines and corners with red cloth on covers. Gold lettering on spine and cover. Leather is scuffed and has some tears. Spines are from two different sets. All edges gilt. All plates present. Volume 1 has very clean steel engraved plates, volume 2 has foxing in many of the plates, foxing is moderate. All tissue guards present.
Seller: From Away Books & Antiques, Greenville, ME, U.S.A.
BRYANT CULLEN WILLIAM. PICTURESQUE AMERICA OR THE LAND WE LIVE IN.. 1872-74, 1872.
Price: US$1096.26 + shipping
Description: New York, D. Appleton and Company, s.d. (1872-74). A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, canons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country. With illustrations on steel wood, by eminent american artists. Due volumi in folio, cm. 25,5x32h; vol. 1, pag. VIII + 568; vol. 2, pag. VI + 576. Con oltre 1.000 illustrazioni così suddivise: 49 incisioni in acciaio a piena pagina, fuori testo (24 nel primo vol., 25 nel secondo), 987 sono le xilografie (376 nel primo vol., 611 nel secondo) tra vignette anche a piena pagina; dovute a 25 valenti artisti, tra i quali citiamo: A.F. Bellow, J.W. Casilear, F.O.C. Darley, H. Fenn, W.H. Gibson, J. Tavernier, J.D. Wood Ward, J.D. Smillie, ecc. Belle legature editoriali in tutta pelle, con decorazioni a secco e titoli dorati, sui piatti e ai dorsi, dentelle e tagli dorati. Le illustrazioni fuori testo, sono tutte protette da veline originali. Ottimi esemplari splendidamente conservati, Codice inv.1028184 (4/6a)
Seller: LIBRERIA ANTIQUARIA SACCHI SAS, Firenze, Italy
Bryant, William Cullen. Picturesque America, or The Land We Live In. D. Appleton & Co., 1872.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Two volumes. Illustrated with numerous full-page steel and wood engravings by eminent American artists. Handsome stamped binding, but worn and scuffed. Fully gilt-edged. A choice bit of Americana. Insurance (if requested) will be at buyer's expense. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Good+ (covers); Near Fine (interior).
Seller: Ironwood Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1107.75 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Picturesque America. Or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Canyons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of Our Country. With illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists. 1872 and 1874, First Edition. D Appleton & Company, 10-3/4" x 13" each of two volumes. Beautiful impressed covers, gilt. Condition: Bound in the Publisher's Deluxe Gilt. Full Brown pebbled Morocco. Near Fine. Over 900 steel and wood engraved illustrations by leading American artists. Marbled end pages, gold page edges, interior of cover gilt as well. *Please Note: This item will be shipped to your address of record AND will require a verified signature upon receipt. Thank you for tracking your purchase and being available to sign for it upon delivery. We appreciate your business and hope to do business with you again!* Note for International Shipments: This sale is not eligible for free shipping. We provide shipping only through Federal Express for International Shipments, fully insured, with signature required. If cost exceeds our estimate, we will advise before shipping to you. Thank you.
Seller: SRG Antiquarian, Lincoln, NE, U.S.A.
William Cullen Bryant. Picturesque America. D Appleton and Company 1872-74, New York, 1872.
Price: US$1216.82 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The complete two volumes of this popular travel text. A beautifully illustrated series which grew out of an earlier series in Appleton's Journal. The volumes describe and illustrate the scenery of America. The layout and concept is similar to the previously published Picturesque Europe. With nine hundred vignette and full page wood engravings alongside fifty steel engravings across both volumes. Collated, complete. The engravings display the work of some of the best American landscape painters of the nineteenth century. The work is primarily Henry Fenn's and his friend Douglas Woodward. However other artists include John Frederick Kensett, James David Smillie, Thomas Moran, Granville Perkins and dozens more. Edited by romantic poet and journalist William Cullen Bryant, also known as the editor for the New York Evening Post. This text is thought to have had a profound influence of the growth of tourism and the historic preservation movement in the United States. In full morocco bindings with gilt stamping to the boards and spines. Externally, smart with rubbing to the extremities, joints and spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with some scattered spotting throughout. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
PICTURESQUE AMERICA. PICTURESQUE AMERICA. , 1872.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: (PICTURESQUE AMERICA). PICTURESQUE AMERICA. Or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Canyons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of Our Country. With illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists. Edited by William Cullen Bryant. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874. In forty-eight parts, "Sold Only By Subscription". 4to., blue printed wrappers, engraved frontispiece to every volume, numerous text illustrations by leading American artists of the period including F.O.C. Darley, C.G. Griswold, W.L. Shepard, Hary Fenn, Thomas Moran among others. Many wrappers show mild (chiefly dust-) soiling or a hint of sun/touch of foxing at the perimeters, with occasional slight wear to edges; a handful of issues are disbound, starting at the wraps, or over-opened. Internally, there are occasional marginal spots of foxing -- these are negligible in quantity and heaviness overall -- there is also just the occasional touch of soil. Two issues are affected by a marginal dampstain internally, including the engraved plates (one slightly, one more heavily) but all the images on the engraved plates are clean throughout the set, and many leaves are still unopened. About very good to very good plus bindings, with near fine to fine contents overall. A desirable and beautifully illustrated set in a scarce format.
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher's full brown leather, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering on spine and cover, edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Frontispiece and additional pictorial title-page in each volume. Illustrated with 49 steel-engraved, tissue-protected plates on thick stock, in addition to hundreds of steel and wood engraved in-text illustrations. "'Picturesque America' was a conspicuous presence in the popular culture of the United States in the post-Civil War years. First published as a magazine series in Appletons' Journal, then as a subscription book, in parts, from 1872 to 1874 it reached a huge audience. Its voluminous text and over 900 pictures represented the first comprehensive celebration of the entire continental nation. By testifying to the variety, uniqueness and potential wealth of the American landscape and the advanced civilization of its cities, 'Picturesque America' laid the foundation for a resurgence of nationalism rooted in the homeland itself, rather than in institutions of democracy as would have been the case earlier in the century" (Sue Rainey, Introduction to "Creating picturesque America: monument to the natural and cultural landscape"). This huge two-volume set is most noteable for the beautifully reproduced steel engravings after the drawings of the artist, Harry Fenn, and by artists such as Thomas Moran, R. Swain Gifford, Granville Perkins, Homer Martin, Alfred R. Waud, W.L. Sheppard, and James D. Smillie. The superb plates were engraved by the finest artists, including Robert Hinshelwood, a Scots engraver who emigrated to America in 1835 where he established a considerable reputation for his work on landscapes. The views range from Niagara Falls and Mount Desert Island, to Lake Superior and the coast of Florida, to Mount Hood and Yosemite Valley. Urban views include New Orleans, Buffalo, New York harbour, Cleveland, and Milwaukee, as well as the Golden Gate harbour, before the bridge was erected. William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. . Bottom edge of volume one is lightly worn, the ffep of volume two is loose, otherwise both volumes are tight, square, clean, and unmarked. Extremely large and heavy - additional shipping may apply. VERY GOOD. . B&W Illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. (viii), 568; (vi), 576 pp
Seller: Round Table Books, LLC, Palatine, IL, U.S.A.
William Cullen Bryant. Picturesque America. Appleton, New York, 1872.
Price: US$1400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: D. Appleton & Company 1872, 1874, New York, 1872. Bound in the Publisher's own Deluxe Gilt Extra Full Brown Morocco. Fine. Tight. clean set in 2 Atlas folio volumes. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Publisher's full brown leather, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering on spine and cover, edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Frontispiece and additional pictorial title-page in each volume. Illustrated with 49 steel-engraved, tissue-protected plates on thick stock, in addition to hundreds of steel and wood engraved in-text illustrations. "'Picturesque America' was a conspicuous presence in the popular culture of the United States in the post-Civil War years. First published as a magazine series in Appletons' Journal, then as a subscription book, in parts, from 1872 to 1874 it reached a huge audience. Its voluminous text and over 900 pictures represented the first comprehensive celebration of the entire continental nation. By testifying to the variety, uniqueness and potential wealth of the American landscape and the advanced civilization of its cities, 'Picturesque America' laid the foundation for a resurgence of nationalism rooted in the homeland itself, rather than in institutions of democracy as would have been the case earlier in the century" (Sue Rainey, Introduction to "Creating picturesque America: monument to the natural and cultural landscape"). This huge two-volume set is most noteable for the beautifully reproduced steel engravings after the drawings of the artist, Harry Fenn, and by artists such as Thomas Moran, R. Swain Gifford, Granville Perkins, Homer Martin, Alfred R. Waud, W.L. Sheppard, and James D. Smillie. The superb plates were engraved by the finest artists, including Robert Hinshelwood, a Scots engraver who emigrated to America in 1835 where he established a considerable reputation for his work on landscapes. The views range from Niagara Falls and Mount Desert Island, to Lake Superior and the coast of Florida, to Mount Hood and Yosemite Valley. Urban views include New Orleans, Buffalo, New York harbour, Cleveland, and Milwaukee, as well as the Golden Gate harbour, before the bridge was erected. William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post Superb Set. Size: Atlas Folio
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$1495.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 2 Vols, 568 & 576 pp.+ 49 Steel Engraved Plts (w/Tissue Guards), Orig Brn Blindstamped Leather with Ridges on Spine, Gilt Title (Bright), AEG, Gilt edging design on inside of covers, Red Marbled e.p., These 2 Volumes are in Beautiful Condition and the Engraved Plates are Fantastic. The 2 Volumes take up 5.5 inches shelf space and are Very Heavy, Both Volumes in Fine Condition, 1st ed (They have brightened up my library shelves for years, now its time for somebody else to enjoy them)
Seller: Larry W Price Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$1600.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This is a first edition copy of Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of The Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores Canons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of Our Country. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists. Edited by William Cullen Bryant. This is a two volume set with Volume 1 being printed in 1872 and Volume 2 having a date of 1874. Both hefty volumes are in near fine condition with thick leather covers with pressed finish and gilt with gilt pages and marbled end pages. The various illustrations are beautifully detailed and truly bring America to life. There are some nicks on the cover and the spines, with some discoloration on the edges of the spine/cover where the cover hinges.
Seller: Antiquarian Book Company, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
William Cullen Bryant. Picturesque America. D. Appleton & Co, New York, 1872.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Leather Bound. H: 13", D: 10", W: 3" 2 Volumes. William Cullen Bryant, Picturesque America. Bound in full brown morocco with the covers and raised band spines displaying ornate gilt and open-tooled detailing. All edges are gilt with gilt-tooled dentelles and marbled endpapers. Illustrations on steel and wood by eminent American artists. New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1872.
Seller: Imperial Fine Books ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.