Clifton Johnson — The Picturesque St. Lawrence

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1910. First edition. Leather. A richly illustrated volume in Macmillan"s Picturesque River Series, this is a handsomely bound travelogue of Clifton Johnson"s vivid journey along the St. Lawrence River. Bound in a half red morocco binding with marbled paper boards.This volume is a first edition.Illustrated with 46 monochrome plates of photographs taken by the author, and a colour frontispiece. Collated, complete.This is the fourth volume in Macmillan"s acclaimed Picturesque River Series.This volume details Clifton Johnson's literary excursions along the St. Lawrence River from Lake Ontario to its gulf, with historical anecdotes, folklore, and first-hand descriptions of rapids, settlements, Indigenous traditions, and natural scenery. Bound in a half red morocco binding with marbled paper boards. Externally, generally smart. Rubbing and bumping to extremities, particularly to joints and raised bands, resulting in slight loss to morocco. One or two handling marks and spots of damp staining to boards. Joints slightly cracked at head and tail of spine, but firm. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Offsetting to perimeters of endpapers. Marbled paper age toned. Slight loss to head of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, if sightly age toned. Good . Ill.: Clifton Johnson. Good .