Stegner, Wallace (1909-1993). Beyond the Hundredth Meridian. John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1954. 1st. ed. 8vo, brown cloth, gilt front and spine, w/ pictorial dj (in acetate cover), map endpapers, 438pp. Folding frontis panorama of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, from Dutton's Tertiary History of the Grand Canon District. Scarce copy of Stegner's most important work. He looks at the career of John Wesley Powell and his expeditions through the Green and Colorado Rivers and canyons. He was also instrumental in his encouragement of the US government to pursue scientific studies of the lesser-known parts of the nation (especially the West). Provenance:Property from the Estate of Lewis W. Walker, Jr., Hudson, OH Condition: Very good condition. Minor wear to spine ends of dustjacket and foot of spine.
Stegner, Wallace (1909-1993). Beyond the Hundredth Meridian. John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1954. 1st. ed. 8vo, brown cloth, gilt front and spine, w/ pictorial dj (in acetate cover), map endpapers, 438pp. Folding frontis panorama of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, from Dutton's Tertiary History of the Grand Canon District. Scarce copy of Stegner's most important work. He looks at the career of John Wesley Powell and his expeditions through the Green and Colorado Rivers and canyons. He was also instrumental in his encouragement of the US government to pursue scientific studies of the lesser-known parts of the nation (especially the West). Provenance:Property from the Estate of Lewis W. Walker, Jr., Hudson, OH Condition: Very good condition. Minor wear to spine ends of dustjacket and foot of spine.
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