first edition
Phoenix, AZ (1950)
by Wyllys, Rufus K.
Phoenix, AZ (1950): Hobson & Herr. First Edition. Octavo. Signed by the author, 408pp., illustrated with maps and photographs, bound in red cloth, spine lettering gilt, a fine bright copy in near fine unclipped dust jacket. The first history to be written about Arizona by a professional historian. He tells of the fall of the gold and silver towns, founding of the missions, Arizona's little known part in the civil war and the use of pre-historic irrigations and how they worked. A clean bright copy. (Inventory #: 017744)