Author: Eaton, Walter Pritchard
Publisher: A. Wilde Company, Publishers
Illustrator: Photography by Fred H. Kiser.
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good, plus
Uncommon dust in jacket; bound in brown cloth, bright stamped gilt lettering to spine and front cover, with sepia-toned photographic pastedown of a waterfall on the center of front cover. Books shows very light external. Binding is firm. Previous owner’s name appears on front-free-endpage. Pages are clean and without markings. The work is illustrated with photographic plates. Photographic portrait of the author attached to the first blank page. Illustrated with 18 photographic plates by Fred H. Kiser. 8vo; 8 inches tall; 245 pages. First Edition – First Printing. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. The uncommon dust jacket has modest wear with mild edge wear and a toned spine. Jacket is preserved in new Mylar cover.. A handsome and collectible account of early National Park exploring. An interesting first-hand account of camping and trekking in Glacier Park, Lake Chelan, Crater Lake, Mount Jefferson the Appalachian and along the Columbia Highway.
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