1883 AMERICA American Scenery Yellowstone Park Yosemite Adirondacks Lake George

Description: America Illustrated Edited by J. David Williams Published By DeWolfe , Fiske & Company Boston 1883 The title-page is undated. The only copyright date stated is 1883. Hardcover. Decorated cloth binding. All page edges gilt. Beveled boards. Large binding ; 9.5" x 12" 121 pages. About 140 years old. -------- A tour of some of the most scenic places in America. Great Illustrations of American scenery. 76 Illustrations , both full-page and in-text. Each section has at least one illustration, and some have many. Includes 12 quite early views of Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone had just begun to be explored in earnest in the 1870s. ----------- Condition. General binding wear. Wear at the binding edges and corners, some binding staining. ( see the photos ) The front inner hing has splitting but has been strengthened and is secure. The rear inner hinges is tight. Old ink inscription on front endpaper (" Elizabeth & Junior Read ") No other writing. No markings. The pages are clean and in very good condition. ----------- The Contents includes: The Valley of the YELLOWSTONE ( with 5 illustrations ; River Waterfalls and Canyon ) HOT SPRINGS and GEYSERS of the YELLOWSTONE ( with 7 more Yellowstone Park illustrations ) The YOSEMITE VALLEY ( with 5 illustrations ; El Capitan , Mirror Lake , Big Tree , Yosemite Falls , Yosemite Valley) The HUDSON RIVER at WEST POINT TRENTON HIGH FALLS - New York The EAST RIVER ( 2 illustrations - Ward's Island & Hell's Gate ) In The ADIRONDACKS ( with 3 Adirondack illustrations ; Into The Wild , Upper Ausable Lake , and Deer at Lake St. Regis ) LAKE GEORGE ( with illustration of Roger's Slide at Lake George ) SABBATH DAY POINT - Lake George SARATOGA SPRINGS and SARATOGA LAKE - New York ( with 4 illustrations, including Duck Shooting , Perch Fishing , Fishing from a Sail Boat , etc. ) LUMBERING on the SUSQUEHANNA The HUDSON RIVER ( with 6 illustrations , including the Palisades , Stony Point , the Highlands near Newburgh , Poughkeepsie , Propsed Bridge across the Hudson , and Sunset Rock in the Catskill Mountains ) The GREAT LAKES and CITIES ( with 6 illustrations ; Main Street in Buffalo New York , Buffalo Harbor , Buffalo Creek , Milwaukee Bay on Lake Michigan , Milwaukee River , Grain Ships Leaving Chicago ) MINOT'S LEDGE LIGHTHOUSE - Massachusetts SQUAM LAKE , New Hampshire NIAGARA FALLS ( with 3 illustrations ) NIAGARA FALLS - Past & Future ( a Night View of Niagara in Olden Times ) The WHITE MOUNTAINS ( with 4 illustrations , including Crawford's Notch , Mount Washington , Mount Washington Railway , and the Depot & Summit House at Mt. Washington ) The Great HORSESHOE CURVE on the Pennsylvania Railroad ( with 2 illustrations ; a View from Horseshoe Curve , and a Scene at Allegrippus ) FAIRMONT PARK , Philadelphia The Region of the JUNIATA ; Central Pennsylvania ( with 3 illustrations ; Lewiston Narrows , Scene on a Creek , Little Juniata at Tyrone ) The ERIE CANAL ( with 2 illustrations ) NATURAL BRIDGE - Virginia MAMMOTH CAVE - Kentucky ( with 4 illustrations ) Down The MISSISSIPPI RIVER ( with 7 illustrations, including the scene at Baton Rouge , Louisiana during the floods of 1874 ; the bridge at St. Louis ; Dredging for snags, Levee , etc. ) The WONDERS of the COLORADO RIVER ( with 3 illustrations ; View of Moqui , Another View of Moqui , and The Grand Canon [ Canyon ] ) ----------- Carefully packed for shipment to the buyer.

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