macomb capt (2 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 152 pages; Orignal cloth binding that shows some staining, rubbing and wear. Hinges are all solid. Complete with the 22 plates, (11 in color) , and the large folding map in the rear. Map has a few fold tears, but still very good.

The expedition under Macomb went west from Santa Fe across northern New Mexico and Arizona to the Colorado. Most of the text is given over to the geological report of J.S. Newberry. Although not published until 1876 due to the Civil War, the expedition took place in 1859. Most notable are the eleven colored chromolithograph plates of scenes in northern New Mexico and Arizona, based on drawings by Newberry. HOWES M179. McGRATH, pp.121, 145. Quarto. Modern cloth, spine gilt. Two faint institutional ink stamps on titlepage. Text with light, even tanning, some offsetting from plates at rear of volume. Closed tear in map at bound-in edge, separations at a few cross-folds, a couple old tape repairs. Overall, a good plus copy.