Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1920. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Thick octavo, tan cloth covered boards with blue, white and black cover decoration of mountains over a lake. and tree on spine. Top edge gilt. 304pp. Tissue guarded frontispiece and color illustrated title page. Genrously illustrated throughout with 113 black and white photographs on separately printed glossy stock and a couple of folding maps. Map and index of National Forests and National Parks of the Western States. Great early photograph of Yellowstone Park, Cedar Canyon in Utah, Lake Tahoe, Glacier National Park, Zion Canyon among many other famous and some now past landscapes of the Far West. A very tight, clean, bright volume with some unopened pages. Some darkening to the top edge gilt. Bookseller's sticker of "The White House Books" San Fransico on rear pastedown. Very near fine.,.

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Bookseller: Brillig Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 06857
Title: A TOUR THROUGH SOUTH AMERICA.
Author: Faris, John T
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: J.B. Lippincott
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Date Published: 1920
Keywords: AMERICA, AMERICAN, TRAVEL, WEST, WESTERN, STATE, STATES, COLORADO, PIKE'S PEAK, ILLUSTRATED, PHOTOGRAPHS, MAPS, PHOTOGAPH, MAP, UTAH, YELLOWSTONE, GRAND CANYON, SAN DIEGO, IMPERIAL VALLEY, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, MONTANA, PRAK, LEWIS AND CLA
Bookseller catalogs: Photography; Travel and Exploration;

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