Auction details
The Bibliophile Sale
offered by
6 West 48th Street
New York, NY 10036-1902 
|
CALIFORNIA - JAMES, George Wharton. The Wonders of the Colorado Desert: Its Rivers and its Mountains, its Canyons and its Springs, its Life and its History, Pictures and Described. Including an Account of a Recent Journey made down the Overflow of the Colorado River to the Mysterious Salton Sea. Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1906. 2 volumes. 8vo (225 x 160 mm). Publisher's quarter gray cloth over blue cloth, central gilt vignette of an oasis, gilt spine lettering. Condition: light wear to spine extremities and tips, spine lettering somewhat faded. first edition; both volumes inscribed by the author. With numerous illustration plates, including a color frontispiece by Carl Eytel. Howes J44. View Bloomsbury Auctions next auction.Similar lots up for auction |
5652703
