California: The Land of the Sun
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. viii, 178, [2] of publisher's advertising. Top edges gilt. Frontis. is a tipped-in watercolor plate with captioned tissue guard. Illustrated with 32 tipped-in color plates and fold-out map. Green art nouveau illustrated cloth, gilt title block to spine. Light soiling to top edges, light wear to boards. Bookseller tag on rear pastedown ("W. M. Smith and Son London"). Very Good+. Item #12372
A sequence of descriptive essays and vignette pieces by Austin. Renowned for capturing locales in print and picture prior to the onset of full-tilt industrialization and easy automobile access, the A &C Black travelogues are unique in their distillation of former times and places: Armchair travel defined. INMAN 649.
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