Sunday, November 15, 2009

The Books of Thomas Sedgwick Steele

Steele, Thomas Sedgwick, Canoe and Camera: A 200 mile tour through the Maine forests, Orange Judd, 1880, 1882, also Estes and Lauriat, 1882, 1886. There was also a later smaller format published without map or pocket by Estes and Lauriat [no date]. The Orange Judd editions came in russet cloth:

canoe and camera

I have also seen one Orange Judd copy in grass-green cloth.

The 1886 Estes and Lauriat edition came in dark green cloth:

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The 1880 Orange Judd edition apparently also came in grey cloth:

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Steele, Thomas Sedgwick, Paddle and Portage, Estes and Lauriat, 1882.

paddle and portage

In addition to the blue-green binding shown above, this book was also published the same year in a russet binding.

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It's not clear which binding is older.
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2 comments:

  1. Mark ChiltonDecember 17, 2011 at 7:32 PM

    The rarest of these seems to be an 1882 Orange Judd edition of Canoe and Camera.

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  2. Mark ChiltonDecember 18, 2011 at 4:15 AM

    Brown cloth appears to be the most common binding for both of the above books through all editions and publishers.

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