Item #40008 Utah Historical Quarterly Vol. XV, XVI, XVII (Three volumes in two). John Wesley Powell.

Utah Historical Quarterly Vol. XV, XVI, XVII (Three volumes in two)

Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Historical Society, 1947. 270; 540 [1] pp. Octavo [23 cm] A mismatched set. Volume 15 has red cloth over the spine and boards, and volumes 16 and 17 are bound with a red cloth spine and and red and silver printed stiff card wraps. Very good condition. The extremities are lightly rubbed, and the pages are tanned. The front board of Vol 15 is soiled. Item #40008

The Exploration of the Colorado River in 1869. The Exploration of the Colorado River and the High Plateaus of Utah in 1871-72. From the introduction- "More than three-quarters of a century has passed since Major John Wesley Powell's parties began their exploration of the Colorado River country, yet the records of the Powell exploration have a freshness, an immediately contemporary interest, that few records in the annals of American exploration still possess. Roads, even superhighways, have been built into the most parched of the West's deserts, and over or through its most formidable mountain barriers, but one who would know the Colorado country must still penetrate it as Powell and his men did in 1869 and 1871-72, by taking to boats or resorting to pack trains."

Price: $300.00

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