Circa: 1885
Manufacturer: R. Worthington Publishers

Neat original book illustration from 1885 edition of Picturesque Tours in America, the Junior United Tourist Club, edited by the Rev. Edward T. Bromfield, published by R. Worthington, NY. The date does not appear on-page but was present on the book's title page from which this came and we guarantee the age and what this is. The book was not in good shape so the good pages/book prints were removed and are being sold individually. Please see our other listings for the other pages available.

Measures about 7 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches. This page has a picture on one side with book copy/words on the other side and a separate, smaller picture on that side. The main picture here is labelled at the bottom, "The Giantess Geyser", which, from the book copy on the other side of the page, is one of the geysers in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming (WY). It is a black and white line drawing (not a photograph, no color on page), showing a giant geyser errupting with two smaller geysers shooting into the air also nearby, while small drawings of people and a horse run away from the geysers (presumably scared by the force of the shooting water). The smaller image with book copy on the reverse side shows another geyser shooting water in a tree and mountain landscape, this labelled under the picture to be "Grotto Geyser". The book copy refers to other geysers in the park, including mentioning Grand Geyser, Castle Geyser, Turban Geyser and Old Faithful Geyser, but these are not picutred here. We have provided 3 images showing both page sides.

Excellent condition for age. Page has likely darkened over time, with some browning at outer edges. There is very minor page wear and spotting and some on-page creasing, but nothing unexpected or to worry about here. At least one page edge has been trimmed where it was removed from the book. As printed, on the large geyser image, the black ink seems to be slightly darker in two places, seeming to form a darker horizontal line across the Giantess Geyser image. This is not a fold/crease nor dirt/wear, and the picture itself is made with many thin horizontal lines in the background area. But something in the printing of this page applied darker ink seeming to suggest these two more noticeable horizontal lines on the image. This is not objectionable, but you should know it is there. These lines seem to correspond with the ends of the picture on the reverse side, which may be the cause of the darkening.

Relative to shipping, please note: While this is a book page/print, this item CAN NOT be shipped via U.S.P.S. Media Mail per the post office. Please do not select this shipping option because we will have to contact you and change the shipping to something else, increasing your postage cost. The cheapest option for shipping this within the U.S. is via U.S.P.S. First Class mail. Also, if you are interested in more than one of these book page prints, please contact us before placing the order. The shipping information has been inputted for a purchase of just one and will not calculate the savings you would get when purchasing more than one shipped together in the same package (we will need to handle this for you).

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