The Land of Little Rain
by Mary Austin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. VG+. 4to., (8 4/8 x 6 2/8 inches). Half-title, vignette title-page. Frontispiece and 2 plates, numerous marginal illustrations in the text by E. Boyd Smith. Original publisher's olive pictorial cloth gilt, top edges gilt. previous owner's "property of" signature on the front black and a nice bookplate on the front pastedown, otherwise free of all markings. Book is a strong VG+, just some fraying to the very top of the cloth of the spine. Clean and free of all foxing, binding tight, no splits. A nice copy. True first edition, with the illustration in dark brown ink and providing no information about the illustrator. Howes A400; Zamorano Eighty 2.
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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- Bookseller
- Blue Sky Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4472
- Title
- The Land of Little Rain
- Author
- Mary Austin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Date Published
- 1903
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About the Seller
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- 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...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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