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Prairie Passage: The Illinois and Michigan Canal Corridor (Signed)
Published by University of Illinois Press, Urbana / Canal Corridor Association, Urbana, 1998
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Photographer Edward Ranney (illustrator). 1st Edition. University of Illinois Press, Urbana / Canal Corridor Association, 1998. This is the Only book for sale on the Internet that is signed By The Photographer, Edward Ranney, the writer of the Prologue, Tony Hiss, and the Essayist Emily J. Harris. Only one other copy is signed by Ranney (Selling for $100.00). This is a First Edition (Number Line to 1). 216 pages, 250 photographs including 94 full-page B&W plates, numerous illustrations. From the DJ flap, " Works by the internationally recognized landscape photographer Edward Ranney are in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York and other museums in the country and abroad". William Least Heat-Moon(of Blue Highways renown) wrote the epilogue for the book. Completed in 1848, the Illinois & Michigan Canal stretched from Lake Michigan at Chicago's Navy Pier to the Illinois River at LaSalle-Peru. Prairie Passage commemorates the canal's 150th anniversary with 250 stunning photographs, many by the renowned Edward Ranney, and Tony Hiss's introductory text recounts the saga of the once mighty waterway. Very Good/Very Good-. This book is very solidly bound. The covers have No soiling but have very slight sun fading at the front top edge and a narrow strip at the spine's bottom edge that has sun faded to tan from blue. The interior pages appear flawless. No sun yellowing. No markings or writing. No creases or tears. The DJ is Very Good- due to two tears, one at the top front edge(1 1/2 inches) and one at the rear bottom edge(3/4's of an inch). There is also a light crease above 'Prairie Passage' on the the front. The Dj is quite clean and once it is placed in a protective cover it should present fairly well but the front cover tear will likely still be visible. Also, as you can see from some of the scanned photos this 9 by 12 inch book is large, larger than the scanner surface. I tried to provide pictures with the imperfections noted above. Signed by Author(s).
