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PICTURESQUE CALIFORNIA and the Region West of the Rocky Mountains, from Alaska to Mexico
by Muir, John (Editor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco and New York: The J. Dewing Company, Publishers, 1888. Hardcover. Very good. Folio, two volumes: 478 p. with over 600 etchings, photogravures, wood engravings, etc. In one-half morocco over pebbled cloth bindings, with decorative gilt stamping, five raised bands, and beveled edges. A closed tear to p.45-6 in the first volume has been neatly mended. Small ink stamp ("Dolgeville Academy") to the bottom of a few leaves in each volume. The leather has been professionally refurbished. A very good set. Kimes 174; Zamorano Select 87.
"In 1887 James Dewing and his associates conceived the idea of publishing the grandest California pictorial book of the nineteenth century, which would make money while taking advantage of the growing fascination with California and the West. Copying the format and title of William Cullen Bryant's hightly successful Picturesque America, they selected John Muir (1838-1914) as editor and a group of artists including Thomas Hill, William Keith, Julian Rix, and Charles Dorman Robinson to help create an elaborate subscription publication in a variety of formats. Muir wrote seven of the chapters; it is unclear how much he was really involved in editorial decisions" (Alan Jutzi).
"In 1887 James Dewing and his associates conceived the idea of publishing the grandest California pictorial book of the nineteenth century, which would make money while taking advantage of the growing fascination with California and the West. Copying the format and title of William Cullen Bryant's hightly successful Picturesque America, they selected John Muir (1838-1914) as editor and a group of artists including Thomas Hill, William Keith, Julian Rix, and Charles Dorman Robinson to help create an elaborate subscription publication in a variety of formats. Muir wrote seven of the chapters; it is unclear how much he was really involved in editorial decisions" (Alan Jutzi).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76204
- Title
- PICTURESQUE CALIFORNIA and the Region West of the Rocky Mountains, from Alaska to Mexico
- Author
- Muir, John (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The J. Dewing Company, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco and New York
- Date Published
- 1888
- Keywords
- California, Western Americana, Natural History, Mountaineering, Nature Writing, Naturalists
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...
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