Porter, Eliot. Down the Colorado. Diary of the First Trip through the Grand Canyon by John Wesley Powell, 1869.

E.P. Dutton, 1969. Photographs and Epilogue by Eliot Porter.  Beautifully printed black-and-white and color photographs by Eliot Porter on heavyweight glossy paper, this oversize book was written by the famous one-armed explorer Powell about his trip down the river in 1869. [Eliot Porter was one of the major scenic photographers of the 20th century. He produced many books of his work, including In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World, The Place No One Knew, Baja California, Summer Island, Forever Wild, Galapagos: The Flow of Wildness, Appalachian Wilderness, Antarctica, Birds of North America, The Tree Where Man Was Born: The African Experience, Moments of Discovery, Eliot Porter's Southwest, and others. Porter was closely associated with Alfred Stieglitz early in his career. His archives are at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas.] Large (10x14 inch) quarto, orange cloth, 168 pages. Copies available:

• 1st printing, minor wear at extremities, small soiled spot on rear cover, and bookplate of previous owner on flyleaf. No dust jacket. 
• 1st printing, a trifle wear on edges, end papers with light foxing, small rubber stamp of previous owner inside front cover, VG protected dust jacket. 
• 2nd printing. Fine with protected VG dust jacket that has a small chip in one corner, minor other wear to extremities, and a light crease on inner rear flap.