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Paperback. Etat : Near Fine. First Edition. Oblong octavo in pictorial black and white wraps; 31 pages, 51 leaves of plates: photographs (black and white); 24 x 30 cm. A handsome collection of photographs by Carleton C. Watkins of early settlements along the Columbia river and in Oregon. Of both historical and aesthetic interest, Watkins was an early and unsung innovator in the young art of photography in America. // Biographies, Columbia (Fleuve) Ouvrages illustr?s, Columbia River Pictorial works, Columbia River Valley Pictorial works, Columbia, Vall?e de la Ouvrages illustr?s, Illustrated works, Oregon, Oregon Ouvrages illustr?s, Oregon Pictorial works, Ouvrages illustr?s, Photographers, Photographers West (U.S.) Biography, Stephen Rose Photography Collection (IMA Library), United States Columbia River, United States Columbia River Valley, Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916, West United States, collective biographies, illustrated books. Near fine with slightest sunning to wraps; minimal bumping to corners and foot of spine; prior owner signature in pen on front flyleaf; else clean and tight.

Oblong 4to. 31, [1]; [104 pp (unpaginated).] Second title in red & black, 8 text photo illustrations, 51 sepia-tinted photo plates. Oatmeal-coloured publisher's cloth, gilt lettering on spine, w/ d.j. cover art photo of Columbia River gorge by Watkins (slight dustsoiling, very slight shelfwear), NF/NF copy, w/ original Friends of Photography membership application laid-in, from the library of Charles H. "Brig" Belvin IV (b. 1937), w/ ownership markings on ffep. First edition, thus, of this exceptional photographic work which reproduces all 51 of Watkins' mammoth plate prints from the Photographs of the Columbia River and Oregon presenting a unique opportunity to fully appreciate the noted photographer's brief six month period in 1867 documenting the Gorge in his exacting 18 x 22 in. wet plate glass negative process.

Stiff printed wrappers. Etat : Very Good. Carleton E. Watkins (illustrateur). Oblong 4to. With 32 pages of introduction and essays, the balance unpaginated. Preface by the editor, James Alinder. Essays by David Featherstone and Russ Anderson. Lavishly illustrated with black & white reproductions of Carleton Watkin's photography. Bound in stiff photo-illustrated wraps. Former owner name on the front free endpaper. Light age-toning and wear to front cover. In the early 1850s Watkins and a childhood friend moved to San Francisco, drawn by the gold rush. Watkins was eventually established as one of the great photographers of the West; his friend, Collis Huntington became one of the owners of the Central Pacific Railroad - one of the "Big Four.".