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Author: Larson, Roger Keith
Title: Controversial James: An essay on the life and work of George Wharton James
Place: San Francisco
Publisher: Book Club of California
Date: 1991
Item # : 202292
Sale Number   411
Lot Number   359
Sale Name    
Fine Americana - Travel & Exploration - Book Club of California: The Library of Henry W. Coil, Jr.
Sale Date   09/03/2009
Price realized   $ 120
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Description:
Illustrated from photographs. 10x8, gilt-decorated maroon cloth, slipcase. One of 400 copies printed by the Yolla Bolly Press.
Described by Dr. Larson as a manic-depressive mostly in the manic mode, James was indeed a controversial as well as prolific author of western non-fiction for thirty years, as well as a collector of Indian artifacts, photographs, and books. BCC 195.
Condition:
Fine
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