First published in 1925, "On the Roof of the Rockies" details the amazing efforts undertaken by Lewis Freeman and Byron Harmon to scientifically explore and comprehensively photograph during their 70-day, 500-mile journey the most stunning regions of the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains. With a guide, a wrangler, a cook, 16 horses, two dogs, some carrier pigeons and hundreds of pounds of what was then state-of-the-art photography, movie making and radio equipment, the group journeyed through the area contemplating ...
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First published in 1925, "On the Roof of the Rockies" details the amazing efforts undertaken by Lewis Freeman and Byron Harmon to scientifically explore and comprehensively photograph during their 70-day, 500-mile journey the most stunning regions of the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains. With a guide, a wrangler, a cook, 16 horses, two dogs, some carrier pigeons and hundreds of pounds of what was then state-of-the-art photography, movie making and radio equipment, the group journeyed through the area contemplating the routes of earlier explorers, facing violent storms and ultimately preserving historic views of pristine wilderness for future generations.
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Add this copy of On the Roof of the Rockies: the Great Columbia Icefield to cart. $44.57, fair condition, Sold by Lexington Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Idaho Falls, ID, UNITED STATES, published 1925 by McClelland and Stewart.
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Fair. Fair; Contents are tight; heavy edgwear to covers; red tape to spine; some pages show tape repair to previous tears; Ex-Library; Hard Cover; Dodde, Mead and Company; 1925; 0.
Add this copy of On the Roof of the Rockies: the Great Columbia Icefield to cart. $53.00, good condition, Sold by Powell's Books Chicago rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES.
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Good. 1926. 1926. Cloth, octavo, xiii and 270 pp, illustrated. Ex-library, with the usual faults. Modest bumping to corners. Head and tail of spine are showing wear. Also, some wear along joints. Binding is sound and pages are clean. (Subject: Americana & Regional History. )
Add this copy of On The Roof of the Rockies: The Great Columbia Icefield to cart. $125.00, very good condition, Sold by FriendsFortVancouver rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Vancouver, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1925 by Dodd, Mead and Company.
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Very good in very poor dust jacket. DJ taped together along edges, tape discolored with age, pieces of DJ missing; binding tight, pages clean, lightly discolored with age. 270 p. Includes illustrations.
Add this copy of On the Roof of the Rockies the Great Columbia Icefield to cart. $169.00, very good condition, Sold by Gian Luigi Fine Books, Inc. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Albany, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1925 by DODD, MEAD & CO.
Add this copy of On the Roof of the Rockies to cart. $325.00, very good condition, Sold by Princeton Antiques Bookservice rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Atlantic City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1925 by DODD, MEAD & CO..
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VERY GOOD. JACKET: TORN DJ. 7 X 9. Dj is chipped at corners and edges, lightly tanned spine, creased edges, and lightly rubbed cover. Gold gilt on spine and cover, deckled fore edge, b&w illustrations, good binding, clean body and unmarked text. General shelf/edge wear, bumped corners, sticker of previous owner on front board, otherwise, great condition! ! _PAB_
Add this copy of On the Roof of the Rockies. the Great Columbia Icefield to cart. $428.00, like new condition, Sold by Aquila Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Calgary, AB, CANADA, published 1925 by Dodd, Mead and Company.
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xiii, (2), 270 pp. Octavo. Original pictorial blue cloth. Decoration of a mountain in gilt on the cover. gilt lettering on the spine and cover. Top and tail edges trimmed, fore edge untrimmed. Edges lightly dustsoiled. 62 black and white plates (including frontispiece) from photographs. Original printed dust wrapper which matches the illustration on the front board. Overall a fantastic copy with the book in fine condition and the dust wrapper in very good plus condtion. Difficult to image a better copy. Neate F60. American explorer and author Lewis R. Freeman chronicled his many travels with his pen and camera. This book, written in 1925, was an account of a photographic survey expedition to the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Freeman visited the great Columbia Icefields, the largest icefield in North America and the birthplace of major glaciers that feed the Athabasca and North Saskatchewan Rivers.
