CONTROVERSIAL JAMES. An essay on the life and work of George Wharton James. de Larson, Roger Keith

San Francisco: The Book Club of California. Fine. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 400 copies designed and printed at The Yolla Bolly Press. [99] pp. , frontis, incl. Bibliographical checklist; 4to; burgundy cloth, front cover decorative basket in gilt; duotone photographs; drawings. In slipcase with paper title label. A handsome production. Born 1858 in northeastern England, the cradle of Wesleyan Methodism, James went to Nevada as a circuit-riding minister and later as a pastor in Long Beach, fell from grace after a scandalous divorce. He became a popular public speaker on social issues and the western scene. Slipcase also fine. BCC Publication 195. .

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1991 First edition. One of 400 copies printed at the Yolla Bolly Press. Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. xii, 98, [2]pp. Frontispiece portrait and 27 plates and illustrations from period photographs, text drawings; extensive chapter notes, annotated bibliography. Maroon cloth-covered boards, gilt cover design. Previous owner's small ownership sticker to endpaper. A fine copy in lightly faded slipcase with printed paper spine label. Becoming quite scarce. Original prospectus with photographic insert laid in. The story of this California author, highlighted with high quality halftones of photographs by and about James. The bibliography is quite useful. Original announcement laid in..