In Miners' Mirage-Land

Book Description

Artemisia Bindery, Los Angeles , 1904. First Edition, Limited edition: Number 867 of 1000 autographed copies. Very good. 8 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches, [xiv], 129, [3] pages, gray pictorial wrappers with overlapping edges, edges and spine ends expertly renewed, Signed by author, in ink on limitation page, In addition to the limitation signature, this copy is inscribed on a preliminary blank: "To Mr. A.E. Little with greetings and many good wishes from I.M.S., June 15-1905." Cover art and chapter headings by J. Duncan Gleason; the frontispiece reproduces "Mirage in the Desert" by Frank P. Sauerwen. Edwards, Enduring Desert, p. 232. "This is the first of the notable trio of Strobridge books and, probably, the best of the lot. . . . The book offers delightful reading; merits a conspicuous position in any desert collection." Paher, Nevada, item 1900: "The writing is beautiful, even lofty . . . A desert classic well written.

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