Edward Bartram (4 results)

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near Fine blue paperback. Pages 131-285, unmarked. ; U8U; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 3rd printing ; large, stiff paper wrappers ; OCLC: 95011 ; ISBN: 0525056858; 9780525056850 LCCN: 79-95485 ; In 48 Full-color Photographs of veiled mountains, lush woodlands, rushing highland streams, and fields of dazzling wildflowers, Eliot Porter captures the extraordinary beauty of the Smoky Mountains and the surrounding wilderness. Edward Abbey's text, filled with the sensitive insights and idiosyncratic perspective that characterize all his works, explores the human history of Appalachia, describing the native Cherokees and the mountaineers who followed them. In a moving epilogue, Harry Caudill discusses the lives of the mountain people today. ; color photographs of the Great Smoky Mountains ; cover sunned, else G. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. William Harris (Photographs) (illustrator). Unpaginated.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. [Early American Science: Governor Simon Snyder's copy, interesting Pennsylvania Provenance] Quarto. Bound in early American 1/4 calf over marbled boards. Rebacked, with modern leather spine, original spine label conserved. Snyder's leather name plate on front cover (but chipped at the end). xxii, [3], xxiv-xxviii, xix, [1], 116, 72, [1], 118-340 pages. Defective copy. Illustrated with only 3 (of 7) engraved plates, lacking plates 3-5, 7. Preliminary pages have old dampstaining, including title and laws of the society. Includes a list of members and subscribers. Founded by Benjamin Franklin, the American Philosophical Society was one of the first scientific societies in America. Provenance: Simon Snyder (1759-1819) was the third Governor of Pennsylvania. This volume includes his morocco book plate on the front and his signature is on the title page. Snyder led the Commonwealth during the War of 1812. Evans 11959; Sabin 1181. Contents in this volume: A Description of an Orrery executed on a new plan, finished by David Rittenhouse; Calculations of the Transit of Venus; Cultivations of the vine and the making and preserving of wine.suitable to North America by Edward Antill.