(ALASKA) Pair of reports from the Harriman Alaska Expedition

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(ALASKA.) Pair of reports from the Harriman Alaska Expedition. 2 map plates, 124 photogravure and colored plates, numerous text illustrations. [2], xxxvii, [3], 183; [5], 186-383 pages. Volumes I and II (of 12). 4to, publisher's gilt pictorial cloth, minimal wear; minimal dampstaining to three leaves in Volume II; uncut; early owner's signatures on front free endpapers. New York, 1901

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Railroad mogul Edward Harriman funded and led this 1899 scientific expedition along the Alaskan coast, accompanied by a boatload of notable scientists, authors, and artists. These first two volumes are the most important and desirable for their fine photogravure plates, including 45 after photographs by Edward S. Curtis. Volume I ("Narrative, Glaciers, Natives") was written by John Burroughs, John Muir, and George Bird Grinnell. Volume II ("History, Geography, Resources") was by William H. Dall and others.