Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries Explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872 Under the Direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1875. First Edition. Quarto. Item #024196
291 pp., with 80 illustrations which include the frontispiece showing Grand Canon of the Colorado. Includes the signed letter from Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano that was delivered with the book to Henry Bannister of Evanston, Ill. Delano was the 11th Sec'y of the Interior. Powell was the expedition leader, a geologist, U.S. Army Major & brevet lieutenant colonel. He had lost most of his right arm at the Battle of Shiloh. Powell's Expedition named many of the landmarks and geological features along the Green and Colorado rivers, including the Flaming Gorge, the Gates of Lodore (in what is now Dinosaur National Monument), and Glen Canyon. Of the ten men that started out from Green River Station, only six completed the entire journey. Bound in its original brown cloth, spine and lower joint had been glued by previous owner. The pocket at the rear had also been glued. The letter and the two maps are in a clear open end sheet protector laid into the rear; each map has a small chip. Internally the text is clean.
Price: $1,075.00