The Land of Little Rain
by Austin, Mary
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Hartland, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1903. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Original olive cloth with gilt and color decoration front panel lightly rubbed, extremities shelfworn with a bit of loss to cloth head of spine, small split lower spine. Spine has just a mild slant, top edge gilt, tightly bound and still a quite attractive copy of Austin's first book. With two plates including frontis with tissue guard plus E. Boyd Smith's margin illustrations throughout. ; MCN33779; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 280 pp .
Synopsis
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.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- McCormick Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40991
- Title
- The Land of Little Rain
- Author
- Austin, Mary
- Illustrator
- E. Boyd Smith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- U.S. History California Western Americana Deserts Natural History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
Terms of Sale
McCormick Books
Books are shipped immediately upon receipt of payments. Returns allowed within two weeks.
About the Seller
McCormick Books
Biblio member since 2004
Hartland, Michigan
About McCormick Books
Mail order book store specializing in Genealogy, History and Michigan History.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....