Wayfarers in Italy -- Limited Edition
San Francisco: D. P. Elder and Morgan Shepard, 1902. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Stout 8vo. Pp. 306. Frontis. illustration. Illustrated with photogravure plates. Two-page color map. Bound in quarter vellum over gray paper-covered boards. Gilt lettering stamped on spine. Scattered foxing throughout. Corners a bit bumped and worn. Former owner's return address label on the front free-endpaper. Edition limited to 300 copies. Very Good. Item #1595
As we've seen in other copies, the vellum spine is particularly susceptible to splitting at the head of the spine, where browsers pull the book from the shelf. Not so with this copy. An endearing, idiosyncratic look at a variety of Italian cities by a doyenne of Los Angeles society. This is the first of four books by the committed italophile, the others being Byways in Southern Tuscany, Farmhouses and Small Provincial Buildings in Southern Italy, and Through the Heel of Italy. As with the title at hand, all were superbly enhanced by photographs by her daughter, Marian Osgood Hooker. This is a special limited run, presumably for distribution by the author, of the edition published by Scribner's the same year.
Price: $75.00