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Picturesque America: A Delineation by Pen and Pencil
William Cullen Bryant [editor]
1894
Cassell & Company, Limited : London
12.5" by 9.5"
xi, 278; ix, 290; ix, 287; vii, 306pp.
SUMMARY
A smart four volume set of this pictorial guide to America, with illustrations of nature across the United States.
Illustrated,Original Binding,Publishers Original Binding
Overall Condition: Good
This book weighs5 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 4.49
US Postage:£ 42.99
EU Postage: £ 27.99
European Postage: £ 45.99
Asia Postage: £ 74.99
Worldwide Postage: £ 129.99
DESCRIPTION
Complete in four volumes.
Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, ten steel-engraved plates, and many in-text wood engravings.
Volume two is illustrated with a frontispiece, eleven steel-engraved plates, and many in-text wood engravings.
Volume three is illustrated with a frontispiece, thirteen steel-engraved plates, and many in-text wood engravings.
Volume four is illustrated with a frontispiece, nine steel-engraved plates, and many in-text wood engravings.
Collated complete.
A study of the United States of America with pen and pencil, illustrating the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, waterfalls, shorts, canyons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features. With chapters on the lower Mississippi, Cumberland Gap, Niagara Falls, the Golden Gate, Yellowstone, Mount Shasta, the Catskills, Lake George, the Adirondack Woods, the Rocky Mountains, and more.
Illustrated by eminent American artists.
Edited by William Cullen Bryant, an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post.
With a classified catalogue of Cassell & Companys publications to each volume.
CONDITION
In the original full cloth binding with gilt decoration. Externally, smart with rubbing and minor fraying to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Minor loss to the head and tail of the spines with small splits to the cloth and light loss to the spine of volume four. A sticker to the spine of volume one. Hinges starting but firm to volumes one, two, and three. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages.
Overall Condition: Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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