A Leconte Editor (12 results)

Decorative Hard Cover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Red binding with gold colored design and print on cover. 11 large postcard type prints of notable Paris sights. No date noted but views appear to be 30's,(no horses).Binding has waterstaining and bow to covers. Corners bumped. Red waterstain has bled to edges of first view. Photo/Engraved Cards (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Red cloth with beautiful gilt decoration and lettering. Printed in French. Concertina pages of 15 color photo engraved cards.Shelf 1115.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. (Travel, Guidebook, Notre Dame Cathedral) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.…

Condition: Good. Good condition. French. (france, paris, books in french) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket.

16mo (4"x6"(, red cardboard covers, title on front cover, illustrated, 179 pp., plus maps. Minor binding wear, some margin notations, and normal aging; otherwise very good. Handsome little street guide to Paris in French. This edition is somewhat scarce, and includes numerous diagrams and maps. The maps are in color.…

Original Printed Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1954. June,1954 issue [Vol 39, No.6] of the Sierra Club Bulletin. Octavo, perfect-bound printed wrappers. Photographically illustrated, with artful drawings, a map, and even a song as well. Near Fine - very near fine, with a modestly darkened spine (scan) with a small wrinkle at its bottom being the only flaw. See scans. Very high grade example. 108 pp. + 32 unnumbered pages of illustrations, mostly photographic plates. The outstanding photo work is by J. N. LeConte, Philip Hyde, William Menken, Cedric Wright, and Arthur E. Harrison, in several impressive theme-aggregations. The articles - see scan of contents page - are by editor August Frugé, David R. Brower, Robert K. Cutter, Richard M. Emerson, A. Starker Leopold, Loye Miller, Ginny Hill Wood, Aileen R. Jaffa, Father John S. Duryea, Peter Fabrizius, Margaret Thal-Larsen, Arthur E. Harrison, Clifford V. Heimbucher, Charles Wilts, Hervey H. Voge, and Harriet T. Parsons . Also, a variety of regular departments. Please see all scans. l-sc2. J. N. LeConte, Philip Hyde, William Menken, Cedric Wright, Arthur E. Harrison (illustrator).…

Edition Unstated. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Some light foxing internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Date is suggested/cannot be verified. 1 Kg.

Edition Unstated. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Some light foxing internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Date is suggested/cannot be verified. 1 Kg.

Original Printed Wrappers. Condition: Fine. First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1944. First and only Edition. October, 1944 [Vol 29, No. 5]. Original printed wrappers, 9 1/4" x 6". Photographs. Fine; flawless. As close to pristine as such an esteemed vintage publication, so many decades old, can possibly be. 25 B&W Plates, 19 of them by Joseph N. LeConte, one of them a portrait of Francis Holman by Ansel Adams. Articles include: The Sierra Club Farther Afield (Charlotte E. Mauk); A Soldier's Farewell to the Heights (Norman Bright); Souvenir (Katherine Carr Henze); The Photography of Joseph N. LeConte (article text by Ansel Adams, probably the most famous of the SC's photographers, and who got his start in photography at SC as a young man)); Francis Holman, 1856-1944 (article also by Ansel Adams, with th above-mentioned Adams portrait photo of Holman as well); The Creation of Yosemite National Park (John Muir); Governmental Preservation of Natural Scenery (Frederick Law Olmsted [Pere]); El Volcan Paricutin (Walton A. Wickett); The Founding of a Ski Club in Bolivia (Helen Patton); Jam Crack Joe [a poem with sketch illustrations] ("Hoofin' Herb" Conn); and a variety of regular departments. See all scans. Ships in a stout box, of course; not a bag. Extraordinarily scarce in any condition; this is the highest condition. SC1. Joseph N. LeConte, W.A. Wickett, Daniel H. Condit; et al. Portrait photo of Francis Holman by Ansel Adams (illustrator). …

Original Printed Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1922. First Edition. First published Ansel Adams photographs. Vol XI, No. 3, for 1922. This was published during a several-year time period when the Sierra Club did not stipulate the month of an issue, just the volume, the number, and the year; monthly designations for such an infrequent publication having always been somewhat unnecessary in any case. Original printed wrappers, 9 1/4" x 6 1/4", 113 pp. + numerous unpaginated photographic plates, features and ads - including two very precious shots which are the first published Ansel Adams photographs. Buff stapled wraps, Very Good or better, and internally fine, of course. Circuit binding (yapp binding) was used, in which cover edges were intentionally extended out beyond page edges, but over time the extended part becomes pressed inward somewhat (see third scan for the unusual degree of this is this issue). A handsome copy. See scans. Binding sturdy, contents fine. See scan of contents page for the lineup of impassioned club writers and their always engaging and adventurous topics. In addition to the two early and memorable Ansel Adams shots mentioned above, this issue is chock full of photographic plates by the club's best photographers, as well as others, including Ansel E. Adams, Marion Randall Parsons, Ray J. Baker, C.S. Carlsmith, Walter L. Huber, J.N. LeConte, E.A. Hornuth, C.S. Tappaan, Ansel F. Hall, W.B. Putnam, Chester Versteeg, George J. Young, Harold C. Bradley, Howard C. Tibbitts, and George L. Beam, as well as several uncredited artists. SC2. Ansel E. Adams, Marion Randall Parsons, Ray J. Baker, C.S. Carlsmith, Walter L. Huber, J.N. LeConte, E.A. Hornuth, C.S. Tappaan, Ansel F. Hall, W.B. Putnam, Chester Versteeg, George J. Young, Harold C. Bradley, Howard C. Tibbitts, George L. Beam (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. 8vo. 285 - 336 pp. Original Printed Wraps, Good with marginal tears, faint stains & creasing to covers, else VG+. Illustrated, B&W Photographs. Publications of the Sierra Club No. 38. Contributors include President Theodore Roosevelt, William Kent's Gift (E.T. Parsons); Redwoods (William Kent); The Mt. Ritter Knapsack Trip (Francis M. Fultz); A Knapsack Trip to Mt. Ritter (Marion R. Parsons); The Yosemite Waters (Harriet Monroe); Snowfall in the Sierra Nevada (J.N. Le Conte). Photograph of Muir Woods featured. First Edition.…