California: An Intimate History by Atherton, Gertrude - 1914

New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1914. Hardcover. Very Good -. ix, [3], 327, [3] p., tissue-guarded frontispiece and 22 leaves of illustrations; 22 cm. Green cloth with black spine and cover titles. No dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. List of other works by the author. Bookseller's label on front free endpaper: "Chas. E. Lauriat Co. Importers & Booksellers," Boston. Former owner's inscription on blank leaf preceding half title: "Agnes Whitelaw. Christmas 1919." The author, Gertrude Atherton (1857-1948), was born in San Francisco and, although she spent some time in New York and London, always returned to California, where she set most of her many novels. This is a later printing of her history of California, which she revised and enlarged in 1927. In Very Good- Condition: corners rubbed; cover slightly soiled; slightly shaken; foxing on pages facing illustrations; otherwise, clean and solid.