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THE SALTON SEA. AN ACCOUNT OF HARRIMAN'S FIGHT WITH THE COLORADO RIVER by Kennan, George:
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New York. 1917.. 106pp. Frontispiece plus plates. Maps. Original blue gilt-lettered cloth. A near fine copy. An account of the transformation of the Imperial Valley into a rich agricultural area. With a relief map of the Imperial Valley. COWAN, p.327. EDWARDS, ENDURING DESERT, pp.142-43.
frontispiece : A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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