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The Rivers of America series, published from 1937-74 in 65 volumes (a river per), had 60 authors, 53 illustrators, and 8 principal editors. Fitzgerald (an independent scholar) includes in her comprehensive metabook a publishing history of the series, profiles of all the publishers, editors' biographies and bibliographies, a list of illustrators for all the volumes, and biographies of the mapmakers. Thereafter are sections on each volume/river detailing information on all its editions and printings, a biography of its author(s) and bibliography of their works, a list of reviews of the volume, and a list of sources for Fitzgerald's entry. Appendices provide, among other things, a publishing chronology, a list of reprints, and an alphabetical list of authors. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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The Rivers of America series, published from 1937-74 in 65 volumes (a river per), had 60 authors, 53 illustrators, and 8 principal editors. Fitzgerald (an independent scholar) includes in her comprehensive metabook a publishing history of the series, profiles of all the publishers, editors' biographies and bibliographies, a list of illustrators for
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The Rivers of America: A Descriptive Bibliography
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ISBN 13: 9781584560326
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The Rivers of America A Descriptive Bibliography Including Biographies of the Authors, Illustrations, and Editors
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Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stated First Edition; First Printing. Each volume has blue cloth covers with the title in gold lettering on spine and blue marbled end pages. The covers are very slightly worn and soiled and a few pages have foxing. The binding is tight and the contents clean. The illustrated dust jackets are bright and clean with minimal wear. All-in-all, a very nice set. ; Stated first edition, published by Oak Knoll Press in association with The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress in Washington, DC . The book includes a publishing history of the series along with information about the publishers, editors, illustrators and map-makers. The titles in the series are presented in alphabetical order. Each section includes a black and white illustration of the front panel of the dust jacket, bibliographic and printing information, excerpts, and an illustration from the book. Also included is a section about the Rivers of America Series for Young Readers and several appendices. ; Black and white illustrations from ROA books; Small 4to 9 1/4" x 6 1/4"; lxxvi, 899 pages pages. Seller Inventory # 23070
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, DE. 2001. Two Volumes. 1020 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This remarkable, well-researched bibliography is the most comprehensive work ever published on the historical series of books called "The Rivers of America". This important series of 65 titles was published from 1937 to 1974, and most have been reprinted, some many times. Each book focused on one of the nation's major rivers or river systems and captured its spirit, folklore, and history as never before. EB; 2 Volume Set; 6.5 X 1.5 X 9.5 inches; 1020 pages. Seller Inventory # 66210
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