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MOUNT SHASTA OR BUST: A Family Travelogue in the 1890's
Los Angeles: Helen Gilman Bowen, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. 189 p. Eight photographs, with a map and sketch by Ernest Maxwell. First edition, printed at The Plantin Press. Based on the actual diary of Helen Elizabeth Gilman, this travelogue recounts the Gilman travels from Southern California to the Mount Shasta region during the 1890s. Signed by Bowen on the title page, and additionally inscribed by her on the half-title. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Internally crisp and clean. A fine copy in a nearly fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Fine / Near Fine. Item #63690
Inscribed by Author.
Price: $50.00
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