Picturesque America; Or, The Land We Live In: A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Cañons, Valleys, Cities, and other Picturesque Features of Our Country

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Sale 254: Americana with Autographs, Manuscripts and Archival Material (#254) 12/12/2002 1:00 PM PST Closed
Starts Ending 12/12/2002 1:00 PM PST

Lot #26Picturesque America; Or, The Land We Live In: A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Cañons, Valleys, Cities, and other Picturesque Features of Our Country

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$212.50

Estimate: $200 - $300

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Sale 254: Americana with Autographs, Manuscripts and Archival Material (#254) 12/12/2002 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Title:

Picturesque America; Or, The Land We Live In: A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Cañons, Valleys, Cities, and other Picturesque Features of Our Country

Author:

Bryant, William Cullen, Ed.

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

D. Appleton

Date Published:

[1872-74]

Description:

2 vols. viii, 568; vi, 576 pp. With steel-engraved plates, incl. frontispieces & added pictorial title-pages, with tissue guards; numerous wood engravings, some full page. 12½x9½, original full decoratively embossed brown morocco, ornately lettered in gilt on the front covers with gilt vignette of artist's pallette, spine lettered in gilt, raised bands, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. First Edition.

Noteworthy for the numerous fine steel-engraved plates; the artists represented include Thomas Moran, Harry Fenn, James D. Smillie, J.D. Woodward, Granville Perkins and others.

Condition:

Bindings well scuffed and worn, front covers detached; some soiling and wear within, a few pages torn, good condition, sold as is.

Item#:

124945
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