The Wonders Of The Colorado Desert

Description: Two-volume set inscribed to Dr. F. E. Webley and presented and signed by the author in both volumes. Blue boards with worn gold titles. Top edges gilt. No dust jacket. Some wear to extremities and top and bottom of spine. Hinges cracking in fronts and backs, and spines cracked in places. Pages age-browned around edges. Illustrated with 337 pen and ink drawings by Carl Eytel, as well as some full-page photographs. The one fold-out map is intact. George Wharton James was born in England, emigrated to the U.s. and was orgained as a Methodist minister. He was leter defrocked and reinstated. He wrote a number of books about the American Southwest. He also founded the Anti-Whispering Society as a protest against audience members who talked during performances. He was also ad advocate of oudoor nudity. Webley may have been a fellow English emigre.

Price: 150 USD

Location: Longview, Washington

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Binding: Hardcover

Place of Publication: Boston

Signed: Yes

Publisher: Little Brown & Co.

Subject: Outdoor & Nature

Original/Facsimile: Original

Year Printed: 1907

Language: English

Illustrator: Carl Eytel

Special Attributes: Illustrated, Inscribed

Author: George Wharton James

Personalized: Yes

Topic: American Southwest Desert

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States