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More imagesThe Architecture and the Gardens of the San Diego Exposition: A Pictorial Survey of the Aesthetic Features of the Panama California International Exposition
Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor (Introduction); Winslow, Carleton Monroe; Stein, Clarence S.; Taylor, Harold A. (Illustrator)
Language: English
Published by Paul Elder and Company, San Francisco, California, 1916
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition First Printing. A verbal & photographic chronicle of the Panama California Exposition, designed both as a World's Fair & as a way to highlight the beauty of the growing city of San Diego, the nearest Pacific port in the US to the newly opened Panama Canal. In 154 pages, with 6…8 duotone illustrations from photos + frontispiece tipped in, all by Harold A. Taylor, who was just making his way as a notable Western photographer. In his Introduction, architect Bertram Goodhue explains why some of the park's features were designed to be temporary ("essentially the fabric of a dream"), & should be razed after the fair, & some should become permanent fixtures in what endures today as Balboa Park. A FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 1916 (the fair had opened the previous year & would close on 1 Jan 1917), this hardcover 8vo is bound in a nubby tan cloth & lettered in gilt to front & spine. Condition is Fine: completely clean & bright, binding straight & strong, deckle-edged pages tanned, but completely supple. Old gift inscription dated 1921 to half title page in lovely script, along with recipient's bookplate. pages white with a hint of tanning to edges. Clipping featuring a letter to the Editor of the local paper (the San Diego Union) tucked in rear, darkening pages there. Exterior is crisp & clean with a hint of bumping to head of spineOur photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Taylor, Harold A. (illustrator).
Published by A.C. McClurg, Chicago, IL, 1906
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition, First Thus. Text/As New. Illustrated boards/NF w/edge rubs. DJ/None. Gift inscription to title page. Illustrated w/19 plates by Harold A. Taylor, decorative page designs by Ralph Fletcher Seymour, Spanish music scores. A romance in the mission days of the Southwest. A ta…le of love, duty and honor all to save the soul of Rafael. Young, aristocratic Spanish girl, Marta Estavan is soon to leave the convent in which she was raised. Her guardian, Dona Luisa Artega, has a wayward son named Rafael. A marriage is arranged between the two. However, in the interrum, Marta saves the life of Anglo-American Keith Bryton; they fall in love. Rafael's manipulative mother tells Bryton that Marta has entered a convent for life, Marta that Bryton died, and exacts a vow from the girl that she will marry Rafael . Bryton resurfaces, but Marta is now married and well knows the unattractive character of her husband. Author, actress and activitst for Native Americans, Marah Ellis Ryan(1866 - 1934) was born Ellis Martin. Ryan lived among the Hopi in her mid-forties and thought to be the first white woman initiated into secret religious rites. The story, with the set near San Juan Capistrano, was adapted to film under the same title in 1920 starring Clara Kimball Young supported by a substantial Spanish cast; filmed near San Juan Capistrono, it was noted for exceptional photography. Harold A. Taylor (Illustrator); Ralph Fletcher (Decorative Designs) (illustrator).
