[Washington DC]: United States Government Printing Office, 1950-1955. 6 volumes. Octavos [23 cm] Black buckram with titles and bands gilt stamped on the backstrips. All volumes are better than very good. Numerous folding plates and maps. - Volume 1: Colorado River Storage Project (House Report 1774); Colorado River Storage Project..... More

Flagstaff, AZ: Fretwater Press, 2007. First Edition. 456pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Tan cloth with the title stamped in red on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Map endsheets and pastedowns. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Bert Loper was born in 1869 the very day that Major John Wesley Powell discovered the..... More

Iowa City, IA: The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1937. First Edition. 575pp. Octavo [24 cm] Green cloth with the title and borders gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Book has been placed in a 1968 reprint jacket, with '1968' crossed out and '1937 1st ED'..... More

Washington DC: National Park Service - U.S. Department of the Interior, 1968. 212+[10]+[100]pp. Quarto [27 cm] Printed orange wrappers that have been laminated. About very good. Gentle overall moisture wear to this river-running book. Nice history of the Powell expeditions that contains footnoted chronological journal excerpts from the members. Text..... More

Salt Lake City: Howe Brothers, 1987. First Edition. 305pp. Octavo [26 cm] Burgundy cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Faint rubbing to corners of jacket. Warmly inscribed by the editor, Gregory Crampton, on the half-title. Illustrated with black and white views..... More