CONTROVERSIAL JAMES: AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND WORK OF GEORGE WHARTON JAMES (SIGNED)
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1991. First Edition. Cloth. xii (2) 99 pages, colophon. 8 1/4" x 10 1/4". Illustrated from photographs. Notes. Annotated bibliography. Maroon cloth with gilt decoration on cover. Slipcase with paper spine label. One of 400 copies printed by the Yolla Bolly Press of Covelo, California. This copy is SIGNED/INSCRIBED from the author to the late San Francisco bookseller Jeffrey Thomas in ink on the half title page, on the date of the launch party, 1991. Prospectus (with laid in photographic plate of James), plus order form and envelope laid in. Also copy of cartoon of The Book Club of California launch party, July 22, 1991, laid in. SIGNED at the colophon by James and Carloyn Robertson of Yolla Bolly Press (also July 22, 1991). An essay on the Western writer, collector and bibliophile George Wharton James. A very FINE copy in a custom clear mylar protective jacket and slipcase. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address. Fine / Slipcase. Item #1167
Price: $135.00