Rivers Overflow, First Edition (5 results)

Carl Eytel (illustrator). The Wonders of the Colorado Desert (Southern California) : Its Rivers and its Mountains, its Canyons and its Springs, its Life and its History, Pictured and Described, Including an Account of Recent Journey Made Down the Overflow of the Colorado River to the Mysterious Salton Sea. by George Wharton James. with upwards of 300 pen and ink sketches from nature by Carl Eytel, Published by T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1911. UNCOMMON UK 1st edition. red cloth with gilt lettering and design. fold-out map inside. "some cloth wear,rubbing,fraying,text block semi-detached from cover, some marks and spots".

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition hardcover, half-bound in blue gilt-illustrated cloth with beige cloth part-front and spine, is in Poor condition, having much staining and wear to covers (especially bad on back cover); spine is darkened, with the lettering having lost all its gilt, with some little tears and stains; closed page edges show some staining; interior pages quite good. [THIS IS VOL. 2 ONLY]. Illustrated with many b&w photographs and drawings. Travel. Description. Geography. United States. California. History. Palm Springs. Coachella Valley. Indio. John T. Warner's Ranch. Mining.

Original wraps. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 80p octavo, illustrated A good copy in white and red printed wraps. damaged to the rear cover, siled.

Original wraps. Condition: Good. First Edition. 87p octavo illustrated. Photos of all the teachers, princiapland students of the seenth grade. Signed by 46 students and all the teachers and the principal. Damage on the rear cover, name on front cover.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Carl Eytel (illustrator). First edition. The first UK edition of George Wharton James's illustrated work on the Colorado Desert. The scarce first UK edition. First published in the U.S in 1906 by Little, Brown and Co.In the publisher's original cloth.With a full colour frontispiece, maps, vignette ink sketches and 32 plates by Carl Eytel. Collated complete.This work was written by American lecturer, photographer, journalist and writer George Wharton James. The work provides a study of the Colorado Desert with descriptions of the geography and the plant and animal life.Circulating bookplate for 'W.H. Smith & Sons Circulating Library' to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally generally smart with fading to the spine, bumping and slight rubbing to the extremities, a closed tear to the tail of the spine and minor marks to the boards and spine. Rear joint tender. Front and rear hinge tender with circulating bookplates for 'W.H. Smith & Sons Circulating Library' to the front pastedown, a small label adhered to the rear pastedown and light marks to the endpapers. Internally generally firmly bound with the odd page starting. Generally bright pages with the odd spot and small closed tear and minor loss to the bottom of the front blank. Good. book.