Mystique of the missions; (An Images of America series book) Unknown - 1974

112 pages with frontispiece and photographs. Quarto (11 1/4" x 8 3/4") bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Descriptive passages by Charles Francis Sanders and J Smeaton Chase. Selected from "The California Padres and Their Missions " published in 1915. First edition. For more than a century the California Missions have been enchanting visitors from all over the world. Perhaps it's the pleasing proportions of their adobe walls and red title roofs, or the charm of their quaint Indian handiwork: perhaps it's their air of antiquity and the historical importance of the their past; or perhaps it's simply their nostalgic reminder of a simpler day, when the idyllic California countryside was peopled only by gentile aborigines and a few single-minded padres. Condition: Jacket back head edge closed tears and crease, light edge wear else very good in like jacket.

Palo Alto, CA: American West Publishing, 1974 Beautiful photographs of the california missions, in solid, quality leather like binding. Dj has mild edge wear, with one very small edge tear.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good +. Illus. by Marvin Wax. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Palo Alto: American West Pub Co, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1st printing. 4to cloth. 111pp. Illustrated with fine color photos of the California missions. Small ink stamp vignette on half-title. Fine in lightly worn dj.

American West Pub. Co, 1974. Unbound. Good.