Vol. SIX of Picturesque California, the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific slope; California, Oregon, Nevada, Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, etc. -- Imperial Japan edition, limited to 100 copies, some plates SIGNED by artists
Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son, Ca. 1888. Hardcover. No date, ca. 1888. SIXTH volume only of the 10 volume set limited to 100 copies, this one no. 40 printed for Mr. Mark P. Robinson. Large folio (19.5 inches tall; 49.5 cm) in rich full red leather gilt, with handsome patterned silk endpapers, illustrated with in-text illustrations and smaller gravures on india paper; with mounted and matted plates by some of the great Western artists of the day--each volume contains 12 such prints, photogravures and etchings; this volume includes J. Harrison Mills 'Headwaters of the Grand (Colorado)' (signed photogravure), George H. Gay's 'Seven Falls, Cheyenne Canyon' (signed photogravure), Thomas Moran, 'Royal Gorge' (signed photogravure), Moran's 'Sultan Mountains from Bakers Park' (signed photogravure), Frank A. Tabor's 'Upper Twin Lakes' (signed photogravure), Remington's 'Navajo Sheep-Herder' (signed photogravure), Alexander Schilling's 'Indian Pueblo of Taos' (signed photogravure), Thomas Moessner's 'Russian River Valley' (signed photogravure -- has some coffee colored small spots to lower right), Moessner's 'Napa Soda Springs' (signed photogravure) and other unsigned gravures that are mounted and matted. Good, some wear to binding, especially to lower spine area, contents very good, in moderately worn slipcase. For this large and heavy volume, postage will be quoted at point of sale or by inquiry. Good. Item #H6936
Price: $2,000.00