California the Beautiful: Camera Studies by California Artists with Selections in Prose and Verse from Western Writers
by Elder, Paul; compiler
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1911. Anthology of verse & prose accompanying often-related photos of California architecture & natural beauty; authors include Joaquin Miller, George Wharton James, Charlotte Perkins [Gilman] Stetson, David Starr Jordan, Frank Norris, Bret Harte, Gelett Burgess, Gertrude Atherton, Adeline Knapp, Olive Harper, John Muir, Stewart Edward White, Helen Hunt Jackson, Charles Keeler; photographers include Oscar Maurer, Harold A. Taylor, Harold A. Parker, A. Putnam, Hermann O. Albrecht; subjects include San Diego Bay, La Jolla, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Monterey, Carmel, San Francisco, Chinatown, Sierras, Yosemite, Sequoias, Lake Tahoe, Mt. Shasta. Oversize hardcover, as pictured, in the uncommon full 'suede' leather binding. Delicate covers show some scuffs, rubbing, small stains; text clean, no names or marks; v, blank, [75] pages, thick brown paper with 37 tipped-in sepia-tone plates, as called for. . First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Quarto.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- w0681
- Title
- California the Beautiful: Camera Studies by California Artists with Selections in Prose and Verse from Western Writers
- Author
- Elder, Paul; compiler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Paul Elder and Company
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1911
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Photography, Poetry, Anthologies, Western Americana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
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