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PICTURESQUE AMERICA
by Bryant, William Cullen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/Poor
- Seller
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Monmouthshire, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Published by D. Appleton & Company, 1872. Hardback. Fair/Poor. 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.
Synopsis
Picturesque America was first published by Appleton's as a serial, received semi-monthly by subscribers. Once their subscription was complete, the serials would be bound into a two-volume set, a variety of binding options available for the original 1872 and 1874 books. Picturesque America took readers on a tour of America through art and writing. It included 65 essays written by various authors, and was illustrated by 900 wood and 50 steel engravings. The engravings were done by variety of high skilled artists off of original drawings, mostly composed by artist Harry Fenn, the most prominent landscape illustrator in the US at the time.
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- Bookseller
- Stella & Rose's Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 816352
- Title
- PICTURESQUE AMERICA
- Author
- Bryant, William Cullen
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair/Poor
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by D. Appleton & Company
- Date Published
- 1872
- Keywords
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN) USA HISTORY HISTORY (FOREIGN) HISTORY (AMERICAN) ANTIQUARIAN LEATHER BINDING
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Stella & Rose's Books
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Monmouthshire, Aberdeen
About Stella & Rose's Books
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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