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Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: Engraving, 5 x 7 inches, on sheet, 5.6 x 7.6 inches, in black on white. Engraving is mounted on sheet, 14.2 x 19 inches. From Picturesque California, edited by John Muir in two volumes. This is page 459 from volume two. First edition (first printing). Very good copy. The sheet has water staining along bottom edge which does affect the engraving which is near fine.
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Brown leather. 241-478p,illus,color. Chapters XV-XXXV. Perhaps missing i-iv. Has Tp. Front board off. Backstrip is missing. Interior very clean with Foxing on "The Olympian Range" margins and top of image. Foxing on Greys Peak Light top edge image. Stains Margins Farallones Islands. WAF
Seller: Samuel Lasenby Bookseller, Corona del Mar, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Minor spit to top spine edge of portfolio, foxing to the lower edge of three of the plates, one plate missing lettered tissue guard,The Remington plate nicked at the right edge, otherwise a nice copy of this monumental printing achievement, which combines sections on Alaska and Marin County and includes all 12 plates, loosely inserted, including ones by Frederick Remington and Thomas Hill. Due to size and weight - EXTRA SHIPPING
Seller: Recycled, Corte Madera, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Folio. Several parts, each consisting of the original printed wraps and sequential pages, with photogravures, etchings and text illustrations, tissue guards present. All housed in a black canvas folio with gilt lettering on front. Oversize and heavy. Will require extra postage. This item consists of the following, all house in a publishers cloth portfolio: Parts 9-18. Part 19 states that "In this number begins Picturesque Colorado, by Ernest Ingersoll" (but the pagination continues as before) and there is a difference to the text contained on the outer wraps. It is followed by parts 20-22, and ends with page 352. Therefore, appears to contain about 1/3 of the set, perhaps represnting the middle volume of the three bound volumes some booksellers advertise. Regardless, a very nice representation with some foxing and smudging to some page edges and plates, but only very rarely of significance. All the parts appear to be complete. Good+, some dampstaining here and there, smudging, overall nice
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue boards have minor edge wear. Binding is tight and square. Page 478 has a tear which has been mended, dust soil on outer edges; otherwise, pages are clean and unmarked. Ex-library with usual markings.
Seller: Friends of PLYMC, Youngstown, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First text page is #145, starting with Mt. Shasta section; the last page is #322, the Colorado section. Some foxing, especially to paper of some of the plate pages. Cover is worn, with cracking to hinge leather top and bottom of spine. Seriously rubbed to back cover, with a good deal of the leather rubbed away. Torn about 3" to title page, binding area; otherwise soundly bound and otherwise clean internally.
Seller: Tin Can Mailman, Arcata, Arcata, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Originally printed in 2 volumes, divided up over 10 separate books. 7 books of 10, missing Div 5, 6 and 10. Elephant Folio 16x12 grey cloth covered books. Illustrated with etchings, photogravures,and wood engravings by eminent American Artists. Spines are a little loose as well as some strings in the bindings. Edge wear and soiling on covers. One loose etching. Large and heavy set. U. S. Orders only. Appears to have all illustrations present but not guarenteed to be complete.
Seller: Kazoo Books LLC, Kalamazoo, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Description: Edition : India Proof Edition, Publisher?s decorative full grey cloth. Printed title image on top cover. Pasted and free floral and textured endpapers., This was the deluxe edition that compressed the original 30 volume periodical down to a 10 volume set. Printed on high quality India paper. During the mid 19th century, immigration to California was reaching new and exciting peaks. In order to keep the flow of settlers coming, the J. Dewing Company commissioned artist John Muir to edit a series of periodicals called ?Picturesque California.? These periodicals would show the beauty of the state and, hopefully, convince people to move there. Muir, who wasn?t the household name that he is now, took the job and gathered illustrations from numerous artists around the United States to complete it. John Muir (April 21, 1838 ? December 24, 1914) was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is a prominent American conservation organization. , Size : Folio (485x365mm). , With numerous illustrations and 20 (10 in each volume) full page etchings, photo-gravures and wood engravings by Thomas Moran, Julian Rix, Frederick Remington, Thomas Hill, and other prominent American artists, renowned for their portrayals of California?s canyons, mountains, and rivers, as well as aspects of pioneer life., Volume : Two books (Volumes 1 and, P. Vol 1: Endpapers with illustrated title page. Blank. Illustrated frontispiece of a horse-drawn carriage. Title page. 1-48. Endpapers. Vol 8: Endpapers will illustrated title page. Blank. Title page. 337-384. Blank. Endpapers. Mild wear on the covers and browning that does not affect the vast majority of the illustrations. Leaves are loose in binding. Volumes 1 and 8 only.
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: Recent half morocco with original embossed decorated gilt cloth, gilt edge, Illustrated with a profusion of photogravures, and wood engravings by Thomas Moran, Julian Rix, Frederick Remington, Thomas Hill, and other prominent American artists, of California?s canyons, mountains, and rivers, as well as aspects of pioneer life., Volume : vol.2 only
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
John Muir. Picturesque California. The J Dewing Company, 1888.
Price: US$2150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Picturesque California edited by John Muir and published in 1888 by the John Dewing Co. Two volumes. Small folio (15 ¾ x 12 1/2) with decorated ¼ leather and cloth binding and spines repaired with cloth and gold lettering. Vol 1 with 218 pages and seven etchings with numerous photo-gravures, photo-etchings and wood engravings. Etchings by Nimmo Moran, Stephan Ferris and James Fagan and original etchings by Thomas Moran (The Half Dome), George Spiel, and Julian Rix. Small water staining on plates next to pages 196, 200 and 204 not affecting image. Volume 2 paginated 219-478 with seven etchings and numerous photo-gravures, photo-etchings and engravings. Etchings by Joseph Lauber, George Spiel, Julien Rix, and James Fagan with an original etching by Alexander Schilling. Plate next to page 344 foxed affecting image and etching next to page 232 has small water stain and foxing, not affecting image. Minor water staining on some page edgings not affecting plates or text. Overall a nice set with repaired bindings.
Seller: Century Gallery, CHESTERTOWN, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: Full contemporary morocco, gilt spine, raised bands. Blind-tooling and decorative gilt embossed wildlife motif on covers. All edges gilt, marbled end papers, and inside dentelles gilt., Size : Folio, Contains over 600 illustrations, including 120 full-page etchings, photo-gravures and wood engravings by Thomas Moran, Julian Rix, Frederick Remington, Thomas Hill, and other prominent American artists of California?s canyons, mountains, and rivers, as well as aspects of pioneer life. Lettered tissue-guards., Volume : 5 vols., Pp. vii, ix-xii,1-96; 97-192; 193-288; 289-384; 385-478. Edges slightly worn, otherwise a fine and attractive set bound in uniform decorative full morocco. A superb set.
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher's decorated fine gray cloth-covered boards, with inner textured stiff paper covers with engraving of California bear; most covers loose and spines damaged, so most volumes are basically loose in case. Contents clean and unmarked but many pages loose from the binding, no dampstain or age spotting except to the engraved bear on the front paper covers of many volumes, which show some foxing; very light edge rubbing and darkening to the very extreme outer edges of many pages, especially the lettered tissue guards. Overall nearly Very Good, many of the volumes are better than the description, in which the primary faults are described. This set weighs over 50 pounds, NO international shipping
Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.