ILLUSTRATED SKETCHES OF DEATH VALLEY AND OTHER BORAX DESERTS OF THE PACIFIC COAST
by Spears, John Randolph
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0930704029
- ISBN 13
- 9780930704025
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Morongo Valley, CA: Sagebrush Press, 1977. "John Randolph Spears was the first professional writer to visit, photograph, and write about Death Valley; his 1891 journey into this remote desert paralleled the international acclaim which followed the discovery and exploitation of borax. This publication provided the reading public with the first interesting and accurate account of pre-20th Century Death Valley, as well as portions of Nevada and the surrounding desert country..." 226 pp. plus 9 pages of advertisements. Photographs. Stiff illustrated covers. Cover corners are rubbed, edges are dirty and smudged, wear to spine ends. Page edges are slightly dirty. Front cover pulled away from title page. Interior is tight, clean and Near Fine. Howes S-829.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good-. Illus. by Photographs. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/4". Death Valley.
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- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007505
- Title
- ILLUSTRATED SKETCHES OF DEATH VALLEY AND OTHER BORAX DESERTS OF THE PACIFIC COAST
- Author
- Spears, John Randolph
- Illustrator
- Photographs
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0930704029
- ISBN 13
- 9780930704025
- Publisher
- Sagebrush Press
- Place of Publication
- Morongo Valley, CA
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- DEATH VALLEY CALIF NEV BORAX Howes
- Bookseller catalogs
- Death Valley;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/4"
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