9780884860112 - Down the Colorado: Diary of the First Trip Through the Grand Canyon 1969 von Powell, John Wesley (10 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

Oversized Hardback. Zustand: Good - Cash. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. General use wear, surface and edges rubbed. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. Secure pages, solid binding. Dust jacket has minor surface and edgewear. There's some sticker residue in the bottom right corner on the front of the dust jacket. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Gifty. In all ways, this one is genuinely Like New. Tall hardback; cloth over boards with a sewn binding; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 168 pp; 3 pounds.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. Book size: 13.75" x 10". **WILL SHIP WITHIN 24-48 HOURS WITH TRACKING**.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Illustrated by Eliot Porter (illustrator). A mildly edgeworn edition that also bears a previous owner's bookplate on the front flyleaf, otherwise Nearly Fine in a in a like dust-jacket that has some chipping to the edges ; Down the Colorado is a book about two friends who raft down the Colorado River. They discuss the river, the people they meet, and the places they visit.; Photographs; Folio; 168 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Eliot Porter (Photograph) (illustrator). The format is approximately 10.25 inches by 14 inches. 168 pages. Maps. Illustrations (48 in color). Index. Foreword and Notes by Don D. Fowler. The DJ has some edge wear, tears, and soiling. The contents include From Green River City to Flaming Gorge, From Flaming Gorge to the Gate of Lodore, The Canyon of Lodore, From Echo Park to the Mouth of the Uinta River. From the Mouth of the Uinta River to the Junction of the grand and Green, From the Junction of the Grand and Green to the Mouth of the Little Colorado, and The Grand Canyon of the Colorado. Eric Porter contributed The Canyons of the Colorado--Past and Present. John Wesley Powell (March 24, 1834 - September 23, 1902) was an American geologist, U.S. Army soldier, explorer of the American West, professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He is famous for his 1869 geographic expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers, including the first official U.S. government-sponsored passage through the Grand Canyon. Powell was appointed by US President James A. Garfield to serve as the second director of the U.S. Geological Survey (1881-1894) and proposed, for development of the arid West, policies that were prescient for his accurate evaluation of conditions. Two years prior to his service as director of the U.S. Geological Survey, Major Powell had become the first director of the Bureau of Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution where he supported linguistic and sociological research and publications. In 1869, he set out to explore the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon. Gathering ten men, four boats and food for 10 months, he set out from Green River, Wyoming, on May 24. Passing through dangerous rapids, the group passed down the Green River to its confluence with the Colorado River (then also known as the Grand River upriver from the junction), near present-day Moab, Utah, and completed the journey on August 30, 1869. The expedition's route traveled through the Utah canyons of the Colorado River, which Powell described in his published diary as having . wonderful featuresâ"carved walls, royal arches, glens, alcove gulches, mounds and monuments. From which of these features shall we select a name? We decide to call it Glen Canyon. In 1875, Powell published a book based on his explorations of the Colorado, originally titled Report of the Exploration of the Columbia River of the West and Its Tributaries. It was revised and reissued in 1895 as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons. Eliot Furness Porter (December 6, 1901 - November 2, 1990) was an American photographer best known for his color photographs of nature. Fairfield Porter introduced his older brother to photographer and gallerist Alfred Stieglitz in about 1930. Stieglitz, after seeing Porter's work, encouraged Porter to work harder. Finally, in 1938, Stieglitz presented Porter's work, taken with a Linhof view camera, in his New York City gallery, An American Place. The exhibit's success prompted Porter to pursue photography full-time. Porter began working with a new color film, Kodachrome, introduced in 1935, but it presented considerable technical challenges, especially for capturing fast-moving birds. Drawing on his chemical engineering and research background Porter experimented extensively until he was able to produce satisfactory images. His bird photographs were exhibited in 1943, the first ever exhibition of color photographs at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. His solo exhibition at Limelight Gallery, NYC., March 21-April 17 1955 was effectively a retrospective of this work. He served as a director of the Sierra Club from 1965 to 1971. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.