CALIFORNIA THE WONDERFUL: Her Romantic History, Her Picturesque People, Her Wild Shores, Her Desert Mystery...etc, etc, with Glimpses of Oregon and Washington.
by Markham, Edwin
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- Hardcover
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- Moderate wear to covers, else very good
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Fort Bragg, California, United States
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NY: Edwin Markham Press, (1923). Reprint. Moderate wear to covers, else very good. Original brown pictorial cloth decorated in gilt, black, white, and dark blue, octavo, xiv, 400 pp, 64 b/w photo plates (most with 2 images per plate) color map frontis.
A native of Oregon, Markham wrote one of the most popular poems of all time; "The Man With the Hoe." In "California the Wonderful" Markham's poetic sensibilities make for compelling descriptions of the land and people of the West Coast of the US. Great illustrations. This copy with tipped in signed inscription by the author: "Victory attend you in all your words and ways. Edwin Markham." Bookplate of early 20th-century financier and California booster J. Harvey McCarthy on front fixed endpaper.
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- Chanticleer Books (US)
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- 22082
- Title
- CALIFORNIA THE WONDERFUL: Her Romantic History, Her Picturesque People, Her Wild Shores, Her Desert Mystery...etc, etc, with Glimpses of Oregon and Washington.
- Author
- Markham, Edwin
- Book Condition
- Used - Moderate wear to covers, else very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edwin Markham Press
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- (1923)
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