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California by Mary Austin/Sutton Palmer, +2 others

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
California by Mary Austin/Sutton Palmer, +2 others
Lot of 3 books: 1. AUSTEN, MARY. California, The Land of the Sun. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1914. First American edition. With 32 tipped-in color plates from paintings by Sutton Palmer, and a folding map of California in the back. 8vo. Original scenic pictorial green cloth, gilt, and stamped in blues and orange. Top edges gilt. Very Good. Cover and spine are bright, minimal wear. Foxing mostly on fore-edges. 2. PEIXOTTO, ERNEST. Romantic California. New York: Scribner's Sons, 1910. First edition. Black and white illustrations by the author throughout. 8v. Original dark green cloth with color cover label set in a gilt design. Top edges gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Good. Slight wear to gilt on cover, corners bumped, wear to head and foot of spine, spine  3. JOHNSTON, HARRY, SIR. Pioneers in Tropical America. New York: Dodge Publishing Company, [1914]. Original green cloth, gilt, black and gilt pictorial designs on cover and spine. With 8 color plates, 8 black and white illustrations, 2 maps. Top edges gilt, gray endpapers. Good. Light scratching and staining to back cover, fading on spine (but gilt and ink still bright), foxing mostly to fore-edges.