In 1953 Francis P. Farquhar published his bibliography of the 125 most important books on the Colorado River and Grand Canyon, detailing each chosen work’s significance in the history of the region. This book, now long out of print and extremely rare, became the classic reference for those who wished to study the region or collect its significant works.
Now, on its fiftieth anniversary, Fretwater Press joins with Five Quail Books in re-issuing the Farquhar volume in both clothbound for the collector and libraries, and trade paperback for the casual reader and Southwest enthusiast. With new endnotes and index, this book is as important today as it was fifty years ago. A faithful reproduction of the elegant original, in a limited printing.

To mark the fiftieth anniversary of Francis Farquhar’s Books of The Colorado River & The Grand Canyon, Mike S. Ford has read nearly every book published in the last fifty years about the Colorado Plateau and the rivers and canyons that dissect it. From this vast array of literature, Ford has chosen the most important and significant 225 works for this selective bibliography. Ford describes each selection, emphasizing its contribution to the literature of this remarkable province. Fretwater Press is issuing this new bibliography in hardbound for collectors and libraries, and in trade paperback for the casual researcher and reader. A perfect companion to Farquhar’s original, or a terrific contemporary work on its own. Designed to match the elegant original, in a limited printing.