The Land of Little Rain.
de AUSTIN, Mary
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- First
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903. First edition. Octavo. Frontispiece, three plates and numerous marginal sketches by T. Boyd Smith. Original olive green pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Extremities a little rubbed. A very good copy. "These charming sketches of the desert and semi-desert country comprising the Owens Valley and the approaches to the great sink of Death Valley have become practically a classic". (Zamorano Eighty) Cowan, p. 24; Graff 114; Howes A-400; Zamorano Eighty 2.
Sinopsis
A stunning tribute to the savage beauty of the area known as Death Valley. To most travelers it is a parched, empty territory, unwelcoming and forgiving. In a collection of essays that date back almost a century, naturalist and writer Mary Austin (1868-1934) breathes life into the desert landscape, describing its savage beauty, its plants and animals, and the occasional human visitor.
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- Librería
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 70827
- Título
- The Land of Little Rain.
- Autor
- AUSTIN, Mary
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston and New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1903
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Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2012
Portland, Oregon
Sobre 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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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Spine
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- New
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- Octavo
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