Description: America Illustrated by J. David Williams published by DeWolfe, Fiske & Company, Boston, 1883. Hardcover. Lavishly Illustrated. This book is filled with beautiful engravings and informative narrative of the finest scenery of America. CONDITION: This book is in good condition. Book shows normal fairly minor signs of storage & age. The cover is worn, torn, soiled, scuffed, stained, ripped, and has corner & edge wear. There are tears on the front and rear hinges. The name of the original owner is written on the endpaper at the front of the book. Pages have turned yellow from age. There are some wrinkles on the bottom of page 119. Please see pictures. THE PICTURES ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. PLEASE REVIEW THEM FOR A BETTER IDEA OF CONDITION. CONTENTS & LIST OF ENGRAVINGS: TITLE PAGE PREFACE THE VALLEY OF THE YELLOWSTONE * THE LOWER FALLS * THE LOWER CANON * THE GRAND CANON * CRYSTAL FALLS * YELLOWSTONE LAKE THE HUDSON RIVER AT WEST POINT * VIEW OF THE HUDSON FROM THE VICINITY OF WEST POINT NATURAL BRIDGE, VIRGINIA * THE NATURAL BRIDGE TRENTON HIGH FALLS, NEW YORK * PANORAMA OF TRENTON FALLS SQUAM LAKE, NEW HAMPSHIRE * SQUAM LAKE THE WHITE MOUNTAINS * SILVER CASCADE, CRAWFORD'S NOTCH * MOUNT WASHINGTON & THE WHITE HILLS * MOUNT WASHINGTON RAILWAY * THE DEPOT AND SUMMIT HOUSE, MT. WASHINGTON LAKE GEORGE * ROGER'S SLIDE, LAKE GEORGE MAMMOTH CAVE, KENTUCKY * THE ENTRANCE * THE CHURCH * THE DEAD SEA * THE BOTTOMLESS PIT MINOT'S LEDGE LIGHTHOUSE, MASSACHUSETTS * MINOT'S LEDGE LIGHTHOUSE NIAGARA FALLS * THE RAPIDS ABOVE THE FALLS * ON THE ROCKS BELOW THE AMERICAN FALLS * GRAND VIEW OF THE HORSESHOE (CANADIAN) & AMERICAN FALLS THE GREAT HORSESHOE CURVE ON THE PENNSYLVANIA R. R. * VIEW FROM HORSESHOE CURVE, EARLY MORNING * SCENE AT ALLEGRIPPUS DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER * THE FALLS OF ST. ANTHONY * DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER * THE RAFT * THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI AT ST. LOUIS * “WOODING UP" * THE LEVEE * REMOVING SNAGS BY DREDGING * SCENE AT BATON ROUGE DURING THE FLOODS OF 1874 HOT SPRINGS & GEYSERS OF THE YELLOWSTONE * THE HOT SPRINGS NEAR GARDINER'S RIVER * GREAT FALLS OF THE YELLOWSTONE * BOILING SULPHUR SPRINGS * HOT SPRING CONE * GIANT GEYSER * CASTLE GEYSER & FIRE BASIN * THE GROTTO THE EAST RIVER * GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS ON WARD'S ISLAND * OPENING OF THE SHAFT BENEATH HELL GATE THE YOSEMITE VALLEY * THE VALLEY OF THE YOSEMITE * YOSEMITE FALLS * MIRROR LAKE & MOUNT WATKINS * EL CAPITAN FROM MERCED RIVER * BIG TREE SARATOGA SPRINGS & SARATOGA LAKE * DUCK SHOOTING ON SARATOGA LAKE * A FEEDER TO THE LAKE * PERCH FISHING ON THE LAKE * FISHING FROM A SAIL-BOAT FAIRMOUNT PARK, PHILADELPHIA * VIEW IN FAIRMOUNT PARK THE REGION OF THE JUNIATA. * IN LEWISTOWN NARROWS * SCENE ON A CREEK EMPTYING INTO LITTLE JUNATA * THE LITTLE JUNIATA AT TYRONE NIAGARA FALLS: PAST AND FUTURE * A NIGHT VIEW OF NIAGARA IN OLDEN TIME SABBATH-DAY POINT, LAKE GEORGE * VIEW OF SABBATH-DAY POINT, LAKE GEORGE THE ERIE CANAL * GRAIN-BOAT ON THE ERIE CANAL * BLUFF ON THE ERIE CANAL NEAR LITTLE FALLS IN THE ADIRONDACKS * IN THE WILDS * UPPER AUSABLE LAKE * DEER ON LAKE ST. REGIS AT NIGHT THE WONDERS OF THE COLORADO RIVER * DISTANT VIEW OF MOQUI, WITH SHEEP-PENS IN THE FORE-GROUND * ANOTHER VIEW OF MOQUI * THE GRAND CANON LUMBERING ON THE SUSQUEHANNA * MAKING UP RAFTS ON THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER THE HUDSON RIVER * THE PALISADES * STONY POINT * ENTRANCE TO THE HIGHLANDS NEAR NEWBURGH * POUGHKEEPSIE * PROPOSED BRIDGE ACROSS THE HUDSON AT POUGHKEEPSIE SUNSET ROCK, CATSKILL MOUNTAINS THE GREAT LAKES AND THEIR GREAT CITIES * MAIN STREET, BUFFALO, OPPOSITE THE CHURCHES * BUFFALO HARBOR, FROM THE BREAKWATER * BUFFALO CREEK, LOOKING OUT * VIEW OF MILWAUKEE BAY, LAKE MICHIGAN * MILWAUKEE RIVER * GRAIN-VESSELS LEAVING CHICAGO
Price: 125 USD
Location: Claremont, California
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Signed By: N/A
Book Title: America Illustrated
Signed: No
Book Series: Beautiful American Landscapes Illustrations to Inspire You
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: DeWolfe, Fiske & Company
Original Language: English
Inscribed: No
Vintage: Yes
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Publication Year: 1883
Type: Picture Book
Format: Hardcover
Literary Movement: Naturalism
Language: English
Era: 1800s
Author: J. David Williams
Personalized: No
Features: Illustrated, Antique Art Book
Genre: Antiquarian & Collectible, Nonfiction, Non-fiction, Social and Cultural History, History, Pictorial works, Art & Culture, Art History & Criticism
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Virginia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, California, Arizona, New York, Nature illustration, American Landscape illustrations, Natural beauty, United States, Nature, Description and travel, art, Landscape, American Landscapes, Scenes of America's Terrain, Mammoth Cave, Niagara Falls, Fairmount Park, Lake George, Great Lakes, Colorado River, Mississippi River, New Hampshire, Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, Louisiana, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Niagara Falls, White Mountains, Mount Washington, White Mountains, Lighthouses, Railroads, Hunting, Fishing, Cities, Towns, Villages, mountains, rivers, creeks, lakes, animals, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York City
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