Down the Colorado: Diary of the First Trip through the Grand Canyon by John Wesley Powell, Eliot Porter - 1969

Promontory Press, 1972. Hardcover. Good/Good. 15x12x0. Some light fraying to lower spine of book; the dustjacket has some chipping and edgewear at spine. One hundred years ago John Wesley Powell set out to explore the Grand Canyon of the Colorado - something no man had attempted before. His official report of the voyage remains one of the great adventure stories in all the literature of the American West. John Wesley Powell (March 24, 1834 September 23, 1902) was an American geologist, U.S. Army soldier, explorer of the American West, professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He is famous for his 1869 geographic expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers, including the first official U.S. government-sponsored passage through the Grand Canyon. Powell served as second director of the U.S. Geological Survey (1881 1894) and proposed, for development of the arid West, policies that were prescient for his accurate… Read More

[New York]: E P Dutton, 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Porter, Eliot (photographer); 48 Color & 19 b/w Photographs. Folio - over 12" - 15" Tall (small). In pictorial jacket, folio, 168 pages. Includes the text of Powell's 1869 diary, plus Porter's 1969 epilogue; with a foreword and notes by Don D. Fowler. Includes bibliographical references and index.

New York: Dutton, 1969. Second printing. Cloth. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Folio, 168 pp., color & b/w photos, illus. Foreword and Notes by Don. D. Fowler. Slight bow to boards, jacket edgeworn.

New York : E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1969., 1969. Fair. 1st edition ; orange cloth with gold lettering ; 168 pp. ; illustrated (some colored), map ; 37 cm. ; unfortunately there are four pages with a child's drawing on each, affecting one plate ; spine board frayed at bottom ; bump and wear at top ; slightly foxed ; color plates vibrant ; LCCN: 70-77353 ; OCLC: 45175 ; Abridgement of the author's journal, "History of the exploration of the cañons of the Colorado," originally published in pt. 1 of: Report of the Smithsonian Institution : exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries ; Fair

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1969, 1969-01-01. Hardcover. Good. New York: E P Dutton 1969 stated first edition hardcover, good tan cloth, slight edgewear on good dust jacket taped to boards price clipped, tight binding, name inside front fep,clean text Prompt, reliable service, shipped next business day. Int'l mailed via first class or priority.

E P Dutton. Used - Very Good. No Jacket

New York: Promontory Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Porter, Eliot. 168 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.

New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1969. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Orange cloth, spine panel lettered in gold foil. Covers are slightly darkened along edges, otherwise essentially as issued. 168 pp., illus. w/ color photographs by Eliot Porter, also some historic b&w photographs and drawings. Color pictorial dust jacket shows minor rubbing to several corners, 1" closed tear along top rear edge, surface scratch to back panel, now in mylar. Stated First Edition (1969)..

Promontory Press, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 15x12x0. One hundred years ago John Wesley Powell set out to explore the Grand Canyon of the Colorado - something no man had attempted before. His official report of the voyage remains one of the great adventure stories in all the literature of the American West. John Wesley Powell (March 24, 1834 September 23, 1902) was an American geologist, U.S. Army soldier, explorer of the American West, professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He is famous for his 1869 geographic expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers, including the first official U.S. government-sponsored passage through the Grand Canyon. Powell served as second director of the U.S. Geological Survey (1881 1894) and proposed, for development of the arid West, policies that were prescient for his accurate evaluation of conditions. He became the first director of the Bureau of Ethnology at the… Read More

Promontory Press, 1970. Cloth. Fine/Near Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Printed in Italy. Foreword by Don D. Fowler. Very large, very heavy book, fine orange cloth, embossed black lettering very fine on spine, very light foxing inside covers, 168 heavy glossy pages, profusely illustrated throughout. DJ price-clipped, glossy with beautiful color photo of river in canyon, sand beaches on back. DJ has slight crease at bottom front edge, very small near-chip at spine top left edge, tiny nick at spine bottom right edge, thin 1/4" tear and microtear at top back edge, slight crease at bottom back edge next to spine. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.