A Summer at the Top o’ the World
William Walter ShawLos Angeles: Sixth Avenue Publishing Company, 1927.
First Edition.
18.5cm x 13cm. 61 pages, black and white illustrations. Lettered wrappers.
Chronicling the impressions received by the author during a summer’s vacation spent among the National Parks of the United States and Canada. Locations visited included the Carquinez Strait, the Redwood Highway, Portland, Columbia River Highway, Yellowstone National Park and its geysers, Jackson Hole country including a rodeo there, Buffalo Bill Country, Glacier National Park, Turtle Mountain, the Banff-Windermere Highway and the Okanagan Valley.
Wrappers tanned. Front hinge cracked, still intact. Very Good Condition.
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AU$200