California on Stone (Presentation Copy with TLS)

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1935. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -" To Ethan D. Alyea, Who helped with this volume as the acknowledgements show - With thanks & regards, Harry T. Peters". With laid in one page TLS on author's stationery with New York City letterhead, dated December 23, 1935 to Mr. Alyea - "My dear Ethan, I am enclosing you herewith a copy of 'California in Stone', together with your California Volume which you so kindly lent me. I am trying to return all the material I borrowed before Christmas to make the book. You will note that your book helped me in many places in the book. My notes only show that you loaned me this one volume, however, if you find in checking over that you lent me any others, kindly call it to my attention as I want to be sure to return all I borrowed and my notes may not be complete in the confusion. I hope you will like the book and enjoy it as much as I did in making it. Sincerely yours, Harry". #246 of 501 copies printed. Fine in Very Good Plus dust jacket, chips at corners of flap folds, spine sunned to grey, In Very Good Plus slipcase, lightly soiled. Uncommon with all three in such lovely condition. SIGNED copies of this title, or any of this author's books for that matter, are RARE, especially so with a great Presentation and Association Inscription and TLS. Howes P-258. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Association Copy.