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Hardback. Condición: Very Good.

Hardback. Condición: Good.

Hardback. Condición: Good.

Hardback. Condición: Very Good.

Condición: Good. Reprinted from Phytochemistry, Vo. 22, No. 7; pages 1679-1681. 1983. Printed pages, stapled; previous owner's name on first page; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; no markings.

Condición: Good. 1982; reprinted from Phytochemistry, Vol. 21, No. 7, 1982; fore-edge rolled; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; interior clean and unmarked; pages 1834 and 1835.

Nine parts. Folio. 14.2 x 11.2 in. [109 leaves (unnumbered throughout the fascicles).]. Photogravure illustrated title page, including 81 photogravure plates with over 100 images, tinted blue & sepia throughout, nearly. Uniformly bound in publisher's burgundy-coloured stiff softcovers, backed in cloth, decorative gilt lettering on front covers (very slight shelfwear, 2 w/ minor chipping to a couple fore-edges, 1 image w/o tissue guard), still a VG bright set. First edition in original fascicles of this beautifully illustrated sequel to the 1907 Art Work of Seattle & Alaska, promoting the natural beauty, Native Americans, timber wealth, agricultural, and economic development of Seattle, the Puget Sound, Olympic Peninsula, and surrounding Western Washington. The vivid and picturesque photogravures of images shot primarily by Asahel Curtis, include one of his best seires of photos of the Makah Native Americans, as well as Skykomish Native Americans, Makah whaling boats, and whaling practices, basket weaving, and more. In addition, there are many images of the tall timber, logging, automobiles driving through Mount Rainier National Park, Mount Baker National Park, views of Mount Perses, sites and views of Hoquiam, Raymond, Centralia, Chehalis, Everett, Port Orchard, additional Seattle views, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific International Exposition in 1909, Lake Washington, Skagit, Snohomish & Thurson Counties, the Straits of Juan de Fuca, Puget Sound Islands, and much more. Asahel Curtis (1874-1941) originally began working with his brother Edward Curtis in his studio in 1895, went to the Klondike in 1897, and by 1901 had set up a business with scenic photographer William P. Romans as Curtis & Romans. He was one of three founders of The Mountaineers, organized climbs through the Cascades, and by 1917 had become chief guide at Mount Rainier National Park. His studio output was prodigious. The text was written by Bayles (1833-1942), was the local president & owner of Bayles Bros. Fuel Co. in Seattle at the time, and an avid booster for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Walter D. Harney (b. 1869) was a noted newspaper and magazine publisher in Oshkosh and Racine, Wisconsin who published several of these promotional works on Oregon, Spokane, and Tacoma, eventually moving to King County before World War I himself.…