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The Land of Little Rain
by Austin, Mary
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. "Sierra Edition" brown cloth with black decorations, light corner bumps, owner's name, light soil to edges. dustjacket with edgewear, spine chips, now in mylar protector. rear jacket flap advertises "The Ford", which was published 1917. xi, 281pp. sticker of Paul Elder Bookstore, SF to rear endpapers..
Synopsis
A stunning tribute to the savage beauty of the area known as Death Valley. To most travelers it is a parched, empty territory, unwelcoming and forgiving. In a collection of essays that date back almost a century, naturalist and writer Mary Austin (1868-1934) breathes life into the desert landscape, describing its savage beauty, its plants and animals, and the occasional human visitor.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Milliway's Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- EM.117
- Title
- The Land of Little Rain
- Author
- Austin, Mary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Keywords
- desert Southwest
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Milliway's Books
credit cards only through Biblio or PayPal.books are returnable within 10 days for full refund if condition mis-stated (our error).
About the Seller
Milliway's Books
Biblio member since 2005
Olympia, Washington
About Milliway's Books
general stock with focus on non-fiction and scientific/technical.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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