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Lot 249 of 522:
Illustrated Sketches of Death Valley 1892  

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$120
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Title:
Illustrated Sketches of Death Valley and Other Borax Deserts of the Pacific Coast

Author:
Spears, John R.

Place:
Chicago

Publisher:
Rand, McNally & Company

Date:
1892

Description:

226 pp. Map and illustrations from photographs. 18x12 cm. (7x4¾"), rebound in pebbled green cloth. First Edition.

Important work on Death Valley, with some of the earliest photographic views of that desolate, awe-inspiring land. Paher notes that "not only is this book among the two or three all-time Death Valley books, it is also a Nevada item of prime importance... Spears is the first trained writer-photographer to report upon desert developments..." Cowan p. 604; Edwards, Enduring Desert p. 227; Graff 3926; Howes S821; Paher 1844.


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Condition:
Light rubbing at ends of slightly leaning spine, along joints and to cover; foxing to endpapers with occasional spots within, binding slightly shaken; very good.


 
Item number:
308199
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