California Romantic and Beautiful by James, George Wharton

Boston: The Page Company, 1914. First Edition, First Printing. Good/No Dust Jacket. Art nouveau-style pictorial binding with decoration in gilt, yellow, and purple; 9.5 inches tall; 4to; 433 pages indexed & illus; illustrated endpapers; color captioned tissue-guarded frontispiece, 72 illustrations [8 in color]; Folded color map.. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean,  the text is evenly are-toned. Moderate shelf handling wear with rubbed edges; and heavy rubs along the spine edges with some openings that appear to have been glued back. Two gift inscriptions on the verso or the front free end page.. The initial statement of 'California, a land intertwined with Romance and Beauty,' sets the thematic tone for James' book. Rather than merely cataloging landmarks and itineraries, his travel guide aimed to encapsulate the essence of the entire state. James delved into diverse subjects such as history, geology, climate, flora and fauna, natural resources, education, and the arts. As elucidated… Read More

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

24.5cm by 16.5cm, 433pp, second impression, illustrated in b/w and colour frontispiece of El Capitan with tissue-guard, covers faded, spine almost completely faded, cracked joint but still square and firm, piece torn off lower corner of second last page, no text missing, unmarked.

Boston: The Page Company, 1921. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. v-xxiv, 3-434. Frontis. color illustration of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs on glossy paper. Bibliography. Index. Final two leaves uncut. Decorated endpapers. Top edge gilt. Bound in forest-green cloth with titles and illustration of a tree and young woman gilt & embossed in an Art Nouveau style on cover. Includes a map of California detached but laid in. Spine dulled, and with a small bleach mark. (Please see photos.). James, the great promoter of California, sets forth in his pleasant armchair-style with a narrative enhanced by many photo plates throughout, some in color. The decorated cloth is a triumph of design.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.