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Vintage Reader's Digest America The Beautiful Yellow HC DJ Nature Photos USA. Author: The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. Publisher: The Reader's Digest Association. Narrative type: Nonfiction travel and nature photo book. Title: Reader's Digest America The Beautiful. Author: The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. Publisher: The Reader's Digest Association. Publication year: 1970; copyright page dated 1970. Format: Vintage large hardcover picture and travel photography book with removable dust jacket. Language: English. Genre: Travel; Photography; Environment and nature; Geography; Landscape studies. Narrative type: Nonfiction travel and nature photo book. Vintage: Yes; Era: 1970s. Intended audience: Adult readers and travelers interested in American landscapes and scenic photography. Country of origin: Printed in the United States of America. Type: Illustrated picture book of the United States. Topic: Natural scenery of the United States, including mountains, forests, plains, deserts, coasts, rivers, national parks, and historic sites, with accompanying regional essays and travel commentary. Content: Lavishly illustrated pages combining descriptive text with full-color landscape photographs that explore major regions of the country such as the Northeast, the South, the Midwest and Great Plains, the Southwest, the mountains, Alaska, and the Pacific states. Illustrations and features: Hundreds of full-page and double-page color photographs, regional inset maps, and decorative endpapers featuring a relief-style map of the United States highlighting key geographic regions. Features: Dust-jacketed hardcover binding, clear serif typography, and high-quality coated paper suited to photographic reproduction. Physical details: Yellow and multicolor photographic dust jacket depicting dramatic canyon and autumn foliage scenes over green hardcover boards, with black interior text and richly colored photo plates as shown in the listing photos. Library of Congress Catalog Card No.: 73-103727. Ideal for collectors of vintage Reader's Digest volumes, enthusiasts of American travel and landscape photography, and readers seeking a visually rich tribute to the natural beauty of the United States.