Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903. First edition. Octavo. Frontispiece, three plates and numerous marginal sketches by T. Boyd Smith. Original olive green pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Extremities a little rubbed. A very good copy. "These charming sketches of the desert and semi-desert country comprising the Owens Valley and the approaches to the great sink of Death Valley have become practically a classic". (Zamorano Eighty) Cowan, p. 24; Graff 114; Howes A-400; Zamorano Eighty 2.

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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.

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Bookseller: Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 70827
Title: The Land of Little Rain.
Author: AUSTIN, Mary
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Place of Publication: Boston and New York
Date Published: 1903

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