Frederick e shearer editor (7 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition, Very Good dust jacket Moderate rubbing to dj. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 372 pages. With an introduction by James D. Horan. Facsimile Reprint. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Reprint. Facsimile reprint of the 1884 Trans-Continental Guide of Travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Illustrated (ilustrador).

Small 4to; cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine; hardcover; 372 pages plus index; black and white illustrations; Facsimile edition; Foreword by James D. Horan; a very good clean tight copy in a lightly sunned and edgeworn pictorial dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Description: • Author: Frederick E. Shearer (Editor of original edition); James D. Horan (Introduction to reprint) • Full Title: The Pacific Tourist. Adams & Bishop's Illustrated Trans-Continental Guide of Travel, from The Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. • Publisher: Bounty Books, a division of Crown Publishers, Inc., New York. (Original edition published by Adams & Bishop, New York, 1884). • Year: 1970 • Binding style and materials: Hardcover, bound in dark blue cloth boards. The spine features bright metallic magenta lettering. Complete with its original pictorial dust jacket. • Notable features: This volume is a detailed facsimile reprint of the highly influential 1884 guide to trans-continental railroad travel across the American West. It offers extensive descriptions of railroad routes, pleasure resorts, and noted scenery, covering cities, towns, U.S. forts, springs, lakes, and mountains. The guide details points of travel along the Union and Central Pacific Railroads to California, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Montana, the Mines and Mining of the Territories, the Pacific Coast, the Rocky Mountains, the Sierra Nevadas, the Colorado Mountains, the Big Trees, the Geysers, Yosemite, and Yellowstone. Illustrations, maps, plates, engravings, foldouts, or decorative elements: The work is lavishly illustrated with numerous engravings. These include contributions from renowned artists such as Thomas Moran, A. C. Warren, W. Snyder, F. Schell, H. W. Troy, and A. Will, with engravings by Meeder & Chubb. Illustrations include scenic landscapes (such as "Scenic Along the Nebraska") and portraits (including a full page of "Representative Mormons"). Condition: Exterior • Dust Jacket: Good condition, exhibiting general shelf wear, rubbing to surfaces, creasing, and minor chipping along edges. The red lettering on the spine shows some fading. • Spine: The dark blue cloth spine is firm and square, with bright metallic magenta lettering that shows minimal wear. • Boards/Covers: The dark blue cloth boards are clean, straight, and well-preserved with sharp corners and very light shelf wear. • Edge wear: Minimal to the board edges. • Gilt condition: The metallic magenta lettering on the spine is bright and largely intact. • Hinges/binding integrity: The binding is strong and fully intact, holding the text block firmly. Interior • Page quality: Pages are clean, crisp, and bright throughout, showing no signs of foxing or toning. • Foxing: None present. • Toning/browning: None present. • Writing or inscriptions: No discernible previous owner's inscriptions, underlining, or markings. • Tears, stains, creases, or repairs: Pages are free from tears, stains, or significant creases.…

[1970]. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 372pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, index. Light dampstaining to front cover. Illustrations by Thomas Moran, F. Schell, W.P. Snyder, H.W. Troy, A.C. Warren & A. Will. Foreword by James D. Horan. (Western America, Railways, Travel).

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Hardcover mit Schutzumschlag, 23,5 cm, zahlr. Illustr. (s/w), riecht etwas muffig, Buchblock gerade, Besitzername im Vorsatz. VERSANDKOSTEN WEICHEN AB. Buch.

14. London, Black and Armstrong, s.d. (ca. 1830), 137 pp with 62 full page steel-engraved views, PROOFS on INDIA PAPER, including a title vignet of Wiesbaden, two doublepage maps (Brussels & Frankfurt), in-4°, 27,5 x 21,5 cm, original blindstamped & gilt maroon roan, all edges gilt, lower end of back damaged with loss of leather, corners with wear, some foxing but an acceptable copy.…