Lot 0032

COLORADO DESERT INSCRIBED BY GEORGE WHARTON JAMES 1906

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COLORADO DESERT INSCRIBED BY GEORGE WHARTON JAMES 1906

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Description

THE WONDERS OF THE COLORADO DESERT, 1906.
Author: GEORGE WHARTON JAMES (England, 1858-1923 California).
Two volume set, autographed and personally inscribed by George Wharton James (view page).
First Edition.
Extensively illustrated with color frontispiece, photographic plates including 3 maps (one folding).
Each volume personally inscribed on half title page-nearly a full page in ink (view photo).
Half Morocco, marbled boards, gilt vignettes.
Publisher: Little Brown, Boston 1906.
Condition: good original estate condition, complete, clean interior, minor board handling.
Provenance: Private Estate

Condition

Good original pre-owned estate condition.
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COLORADO DESERT INSCRIBED BY GEORGE WHARTON JAMES 1906

Name: COLORADO DESERT INSCRIBED BY GEORGE WHARTON JAMES 1906
SKU: 117823055
Price: 200 USD
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