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Published by Arrowood Pr, 1969
ISBN 10: 0884860116ISBN 13: 9780884860112
Seller: Your Online Bookstore, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good.
Published by Bristol Park Books, 1994
ISBN 10: 0884860116ISBN 13: 9780884860112
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good.
Published by Promontory Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0883940124ISBN 13: 9780883940129
Seller: Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller, New Castle, CO, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Some light fraying to lower spine of book; the dustjacket has some chipping and edgewear at spine. One hundred years ago John Wesley Powell set out to explore the Grand Canyon of the Colorado - something no man had attempted before. His official report of the voyage remains one of the great adventure stories in all the literature of the American West. 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 served as 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. He became the first director of the Bureau of Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution during his service as director of the U.S. Geological Survey, where he supported linguistic and sociological research and publications. Eliot Furness Porter (December 6, 1901 November 2, 1990) was an American photographer best known for his color photographs of nature. For twenty years, Porter pursued a project to publish nature photographs combined with quotes from works by Henry David Thoreau. Not until an associate introduced him to the executive director of the Sierra Club did Porter find a willing publisher. His 1962 book, In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World featured Porter's color nature studies of the New England woods. The book enjoyed considerable success despite its high price, pioneered the genre of the nature photography coffee-table book, and lead to several other titles by Porter in a similar format published by the Sierra Club and others. It increased Porter's reputation greatly, and he served as a director of the Sierra Club from 1965 to 1971. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1971. In 1979 the work of Eliot Porter was exhibited in Intimate Landscapes, the first one-person show of color photography at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. This exhibition earned Porter praise as the individual who brought credibility to color photography as a medium of fine art. The image selection defined what is now meant by the term intimate landscape: the close-range, quiet compositions of natural elements with muted colors and dense textures, meditative and dense with layered meanings, which were the hallmark of Porter's work at the exclusion of more expansive and spectacular landscapes.
Published by E P Dutton, [New York], 1969
ISBN 10: 0884860116ISBN 13: 9780884860112
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Porter, Eliot (photographer); 48 Color & 19 b/w Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" Tall (small). In pictorial jacket, folio, 168 pages. Includes the text of Powell's 1869 diary, plus Porter's 1969 epilogue; with a foreword and notes by Don D. Fowler. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Published by E. P. Dutton & Co Inc, New York, 1969
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth over Board. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good w/ Protective Cover. Porter, Eliot (photographer) (illustrator). First Edition. This book is in fine condition. The jacket is in very good condition with some slight chipping and tears Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
Published by Promontory Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0883940124ISBN 13: 9780883940129
Seller: Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller, New Castle, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. One hundred years ago John Wesley Powell set out to explore the Grand Canyon of the Colorado - something no man had attempted before. His official report of the voyage remains one of the great adventure stories in all the literature of the American West. 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 served as 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. He became the first director of the Bureau of Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution during his service as director of the U.S. Geological Survey, where he supported linguistic and sociological research and publications. Eliot Furness Porter (December 6, 1901 November 2, 1990) was an American photographer best known for his color photographs of nature. For twenty years, Porter pursued a project to publish nature photographs combined with quotes from works by Henry David Thoreau. Not until an associate introduced him to the executive director of the Sierra Club did Porter find a willing publisher. His 1962 book, In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World featured Porter's color nature studies of the New England woods. The book enjoyed considerable success despite its high price, pioneered the genre of the nature photography coffee-table book, and lead to several other titles by Porter in a similar format published by the Sierra Club and others. It increased Porter's reputation greatly, and he served as a director of the Sierra Club from 1965 to 1971. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1971. In 1979 the work of Eliot Porter was exhibited in Intimate Landscapes, the first one-person show of color photography at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. This exhibition earned Porter praise as the individual who brought credibility to color photography as a medium of fine art. The image selection defined what is now meant by the term intimate landscape: the close-range, quiet compositions of natural elements with muted colors and dense textures, meditative and dense with layered meanings, which were the hallmark of Porter's work at the exclusion of more expansive and spectacular landscapes.
Published by Promontory Press, NY, 1970
ISBN 10: 0883940124ISBN 13: 9780883940129
Seller: STUDIO V, San Marcos, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: FRAYED & CHIPPED ( GOOD). ELIOT PORTER PHOTOGRAPHER (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1 ST PROMONTORY ED.
Published by E.P. Dutton, NY, 1969
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition (Stated). A fine copy in a bright and fine price-intact dust jacket with one closed tear now in a protective mylar cover. [No International shipping on this item].
Published by Promontory Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0883940124ISBN 13: 9780883940129
Seller: West Coast Bookseller, Moorpark, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Dust jacket has some wear around.
Published by E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, 1969
Seller: Monroe Street Books, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 168 pages, text is from diary of Powell 's trip through the Grand Canyon in 1869 and photographs are taken by Porter in 1969. Minor dust jacket edge wear and fade, otherwise, very bright, clean and tight copy. Record # 853199.
Published by E.P. Dutton, 1969
ISBN 10: 0525095233ISBN 13: 9780525095231
Seller: Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Slight toning to page edges. Jacket with minor edgewear, price-clipped.
Published by E.P. Dutton, New York, NY, 1969
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Eliot Porter (Photographer) (illustrator). First Edition, First Thus. Stated First Edition. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Gilt embossed beige (subsequent printings in orange cloth) linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/trace rubs to upper front corner tip & upper/lower spine edges; under mylar. Light spotting (acidic paper reaction) to front & rear endpapers. Published w/o ISBN; ( ISBN: 0525095233 subsequently assigned). Volume contains Major John Wesley Powell's (1834 - 1902)1869 journal, 4 boats, in a 13-week Geographic Expedition of 1869 down the Green & Colorado Rivers, marking the first passage through the Grand Canyon. Powell's diaries were first published in Scribner's Magazine; for this volume, the journal is edited & introduced by Don Fowler. Book includes drawings & illustrations by Powell's contemporaries and augmented w/ a 48-page gallery of 4-color photos from photographer Eliot Porter (1901 - 1990) who, since the 1940s, used the technique of Eastman Kodak's new dye transfer process for color photography throughout his career. Porter's Epilogue is a memorial to Glen Canyon, under water with a new identify of Lake Powell, courtesy the construction of Glen Canyon Dam. 168 pgs.