Author: Powell, John Wesley; La Farge, John; Thaxter, Celia et al.
Title: The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. April, 1890
Publication: New York: The Century Co, 1890
Description: Wraps. Good.
Illustrated wraps. Illustrations throughout. Single issue of this monthly magazine including a piece by John Wesley Powell on the non-irrigable arid lands of the US West, referring to the desert regions, and including a map of the Western half of the United States. Also includes a piece on the shrines of Iyeyasu and Iyemitsu in Japan, with map; work by Celia Thaxter; the serpent mound of Ohio, with map; the slave trade in the Belgian Congo, etc. GOOD+ condition. Minor soiling to the covers. Minor chipping and tearing along the edges. Interior front hinge cracked, with minor toning to the text block.
Seller ID: 021256
Subject: Americana, History, Literature
