William T Pecora Foreword (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued. First Edition, First Printing. Text/Bright, clean, As New. Illustrated soft cover/NF, showing faint discoloration. Nip to frontispiece. Biography of soldier, geologist, and explorer Major John Wesley Powell (1834-1902). First published 1931; this first paperback edition commemorates the centennial of Powell's expedition down the Colorado River.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Good+ DJ (light wear to edges). Second printing. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1969. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (10.00). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Illustrated. The life story of Major John Wesley Powell and his exploration of the vast, unmapped area of the canyon country and the Colorado River. Powell was the leading figure in the formation of the U.S. Geological Survey and its second director. At the same time he was director of the Bureau of Ethnology, where he made many important contributions to the study of Indian languages, customs, and mythologies. Previously published in 1951. Bibliography. Index. Original cloth. Second printing. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Good+ DJ (light wear to edges). 8vo. xv, 426pp .…