first edition Hardcover
1906 · Boston
by James, George Wharton
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Carl Eytel. 547pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] 1/4 tan cloth with bluish-gray cloth covered boards, gilt stamped titles on the spines, and gilt stamped vignettes on the front cover. Top edges gilt. Large fold-out map present in volume 1. Moderate rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Several small faded spots to the boards. Some light spotting to the backstrip of volume 1. Bookseller's ticket on the rear pastedowns. Contemporary gift inscription on the front flyleaf of volume 1. With upwards of Three Hundred Pen-and-Ink Sketches from Nature, by Carl Eytel. Eytel (1862-1925) was a German–American artist who lived in Palm Springs, California, and built his reputation for paintings and drawings of desert landscapes.
The author, George Wharton James (1858-1923), was a photographer and author who built his reputation as a regional historian, lecturing and writing numerous books on Southern California and the American Southwest. He also wrote "In and Around the Grand Canyon" and "The Old Missions of California. (Inventory #: 69292)
The author, George Wharton James (1858-1923), was a photographer and author who built his reputation as a regional historian, lecturing and writing numerous books on Southern California and the American Southwest. He also wrote "In and Around the Grand Canyon" and "The Old Missions of California. (Inventory #: 69292)
(801) 521-3819
