New York: The MacMillan Co.. G/NONE. 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Good, extremities rubbed, wear at head and tail of spine, ship to spine cloth. Sticker front pastedown indicates provenance of Library of Myron Hunt Architect. Small price sticker to front free endpaper. Also, ffep has a rubbed area. Hinge cracked at recto of frontis, threads showing, hinge somewhat loose but fairly well attached. ; Myron Hunt was a noted southern California architect who worked on the Ambassador Hotel, the Huntington Hotel and also designed a home for Henry Huntington. He also designed The I. Magnin stores on Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles (near the former Bullocks Wilshire building) and in Beverly Hills, and many other projects. Nice work on sun-dials with a few chapters on roses interspersed. Well illustrated with b&w plates. Top edge a dull gilt. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 461 p. .

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Bookseller: Optical Insights (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 36713
Title: Sun Dials & Roses of Yesterday 1ST Edition
Author: Earle, Alice Morse
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - G/NONE
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: The MacMillan Co.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1902
Keywords: Sun Dials, Roses, Myron Hunt, Architecture
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