Illustrated sketches of Death Valley and other borax deserts of the Pacific coast by Spears, John Randolph - 1977-01-01

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus. Facsimile Reprint.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1977(1892)* Publisher: The Sagebrush Press.* Binding and cover condition: Text-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Some shelf wear to edges & corners. Light creases to spine, not to hinge. Overall a little darkened and grubby. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. Penned price to inside front cover. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Top-edge has some marks. VG+* Illustrations: B/w photos throughout with a few small b/w line drawings.* Pages: 226 pp. text. vi pp. advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- While this facsimile book centres around the fascinating history of the California Borax discovery, mining, and production, it is as well full of wonderful stories of the first desert explorers and settlement. It gives an idea of how difficult every day life was in the latter part of the 19th Century for those who lived in the state.* This is a VG+ text copy of the 1st thus facsimile edn. with some age & shelf wear.*