first edition Hardcover
1924 · New York
by [Nature Writing] [Southwest] Austin, Mary; Illustrations by John Edwin Jackson
New York: The Century Co, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. 459pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Camel-colored cloth over boards. Black and red stamped titles and designs. Light soiling to the spine and boards. Numerous faint, small moisture stains on the rear board. Contemporary owner's name on front free endpaper. Text block cracked a few times, but still quite sturdy. No dust jacket. With fourteen black-and-white plates, and additional scattered illustrations. Also including a full-page map. Mary Hunter Austin (1868-1934) was one of the first nature writers to focus on the American Southwest. Her writing, which often focuses on Native American life, is reminiscent of the work of Ralph Waldo Emerson and John Muir. (Inventory #: 69291)
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