[Rarebooks] FS: Ives REPORT UPON THE COLORADO RIVER OF THE WEST, 1861, with many Illustrations

[Charles Agvent]

IVES, Joseph. REPORT UPON THE COLORADO RIVER OF THE WEST, EXPLORED IN 
1857 AND 1858... Washington: Government Printing Office, 1861. First 
Edition. Large quarto (8-3/4" x 11-3/4") in original gilt-decorated 
cloth, rebacked with the original spine and a new spine label; 131, 154, 
30, 32 pages. Illustrated with 12 (of 14) views, 8 color plates, 8 
folding panoramas, 3 paleontology plates, 2 large folding maps, 1 
profile, and many wood engravings in this, the desirable Senate issue. 
Farquhar 21: "one of the most desirable books in the Colorado River 
field, for it is the first that deals specifically with the river 
itself"; Flake 4287; Goetzmann, pp.379-394; Larned 412; Howes I-92; New 
Howes I-94 "c"; Paher 952; Sabin 35308; Wagner-Camp 375; Wheat(947), 
(948); Wallace, The Great Reconnaissance, p.175: "This is the most 
reliable and entertaining narrative of all the official reports by 
topographical engineers on Western explorations." Ives, commissioned to 
determine the navigability of the Colorado, was the first white man to 
explore much of its course, and this is the first government publication 
on the exploration of the Colorado River. Eminently readable with fine 
illustrations. The 8 color plates of Native Americans are outstanding. 
Lacks the views of Canebrake Canon and Camp Colorado Plateau, which seem 
never to have been bound in, as well as the two additional maps in the 
Geological section, which seem more often than not to not be present. 
Pencil signature of G. P. Sewall on the title page, likely the Cayuga, 
N.Y. Presbyterian minister in the 1870s. A few of the plates have a 
dampstain in the corner which on occasion enters the image. Very Good. 
(#013003)        $1,250

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