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Kane, John Francis : Picturesque America: Its Parks and Playgrounds; An Illustrated Volume with Special Articles Contributed for Park and Playground Sections and Numerous Selections from the Works of Well Known Authors Expressing the Varied Appeal of Outdoors in America

Resorts and Playgrounds of America, New York, 1925

Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. 8" x 10 1/2." 521 pages, complete. Many black and white and multicolored plates and maps, complete. Most of the plates and maps are black and white. Index in back. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Lettering on spine a bit faded. "In the volume Picturesque America, its Parks and Playgrounds, the publishers have endeavored to carry the reader in the illustrated pages over the Park-to-Park trips of the United States and Canada, and on similar journeys elsewhere in America ... Although special attention has been given to the National Parks, the reader is shown views of the National Forests and Monuments, of State Parks, of outdoor pageants and of other distinctive scenes ...." The National Parks, Forests, Monuments, and other points of interest are grouped by the following geographic regions: "The Pacific Northwest," "The Pacific Southwest," "Southwestern," "Colorado--Western," "Wyoming--Western," "Montana--Western," "Central States," "Eastern States," "Southern," "Alaska and Hawai'i," "Canada," and "Caribbean and South.". Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover

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