West Winds: California's Book of Fiction
por Whitaker, Herman (editor). Frances Orr Allen, Cral Bank, Agnes Morley Cleaveland, Torrey Connor, Hester A. Benedict, Elizabeth A. Everett, Julia B. Foster, Harriet Holmes Haslett, Jack London, Charles Fletcher Lummis, Shirley A. Mansfield, Sarah Thurston
- Usado
- Capa dura
- Condição
- Near fine copy with faint signs of edge-wear. No jacket.
- Livreiro
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Oakland, California, United States
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San Francisco: Paul Elder and Co, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy with faint signs of edge-wear. No jacket.. [2], xi, [1], 219, [7] p. (first 4 p. and last 5 p. blank), [8] leaves of plates: ill.; 23 cm. An exceptionally bright & tight copy. ¶ "Short stories on themes drawn from life in California, written and illustrated by native sons." Contents: The bandit's better half / Herman Whitaker; Bufo, the mascot / Elizabeth Abbey Everett; Shovelnose Kelly, master and owner / Shirley A. Mansfield; The mother / Sarah Thurston Nott; The greatest of these / Agnes Morley Cleaveland; The corner table / Rebecca N. Porter; Pals / Julia B. Foster; The enchanted mesa / Charles F. Lummis; The son of the wolf / Jack London; The phantom coach / Hester A. Dickinson; The crooked pine / Elizabeth Griswold Rowe; The Kis Khilim / Frances Orr Allen; Jane Ann, a ward of the state / Mrs. Carl Bank; The temptation of Ann O'Brien / Harriet Holmes Haslett; The quest / Torrey Connor; Notes: Copyright date from title page verso; Colophon reads: Here ends West winds, written by California authors, and illustrated by California artists. The book edited by Herman Whitaker and published by Paul Elder and Company at their Tomoye Press in San Francisco, under the direction of John Swart, in the year nineteen hundred and fourteen; Frontispiece and plates facing p. 8, 38, 60, 90, 120, 158 and 188 by Perham W. Nahl, J.A. Cahill, George W. Kegg, Will Crawford, Ruth Aikins, Maynard Dixon and Alice Best. T.p. decoration by Anne Brigman;.
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- Livreiro
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 102009
- Título
- West Winds: California's Book of Fiction
- Autor
- Whitaker, Herman (editor). Frances Orr Allen, Cral Bank, Agnes Morley Cleaveland, Torrey Connor, Hester A. Benedict, Elizabeth A. Everett, Julia B. Foster, Harriet Holmes Haslett, Jack London, Charles Fletcher Lummis, Shirley A. Mansfield, Sarah Thurston
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Near fine copy with faint signs of edge-wear. No jacket.
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Paul Elder and Co
- Local de publicação
- San Francisco
- Data de publicação
- 1914
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