Seeing America: The Personal Diary of James W. Lee, Written on a Tour of Western United States and the Canadian Rockies during the Summer if 1926.
by LEE. James W
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
N.p.: Privately Printed, 1927. First and only edition. No copies recorded by OCLC. Octavo. 136 pp. plus 6 full pages of photographic images (3 images to a page). Publisher's blue cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering, front cover with on onlaid color illustration riding his horse at full gallop. Light wear to head of soine but a very clean and good copy.A very intimate (he hadn't wanted his notebook printed) journal. Indeed at times the reader cannot even determine where he is without looking at the running headers. It appears that this was a caravaning family trio, with one Packard following the other. They must have been quite well off as each car had its own chauffeur. The commenced their great road trio in Colorado, then off to Arizona. The largest part of the text concerns his travels in California: San Bernardino, Riverside, Culver City (so we know he wasn't a pastor; Culver City being the sin capitol of LA at the time), Pasadena, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara. In August he arrived at Yosemite Valley and hiked around the valley with a mule. At 8 pp. this is the longest entry in the book.
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- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75921
- Title
- Seeing America: The Personal Diary of James W. Lee, Written on a Tour of Western United States and the Canadian Rockies during the Summer if 1926.
- Author
- LEE. James W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Privately Printed
- Place of Publication
- N.p.
- Date Published
- 1927
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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