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Title: Large lot of works on California Deserts by Edwards Author: Edwards, E.I. Place: Los Angeles (mostly) Publisher: Westernlore Date: Various Dates Description: Includes: The Valley Whose Name is Death. One of a limitation of 1000 copies (actually 500 according to Edwards). Pasadena: San Pasqual Press. [1940] * Desert Yarns. (2 copies). Each one of 250 signed copies printed at The Ward Ritchie Press. [1946] * Desert Treasure: A Catalog-Bibliography. Wrappers. [1948] * Desert Treasure: A Bibliography. Cloth. Supplement laid in. [1948] * "Into and Alkali Valley": The First Written Account of Death Valley. Wrappers. One of 250 copies. Signed. [1948] * Desert Voices: A Descriptive Bibliography. (2 copies). 8vo, cloth, jacket. Each one of 500 copies. One copy inscribed and with a typed letter from Edwards to Russ Leadabrand tipped in. One jacket price clipped. [1958] * Lost Oases Along the Carrizo. 8vo, cloth, jacket. One of 500 copies. Jacket price clipped. [1961] * Desert Harvest. (3 copies). 8vo, cloth, jackets. Each one of 500 copies. One copy inscribed to Lawrence Clark Powell; one copy inscribed to Russ Leadabrand; one copy unsigned. Prospectus laid in to 2 copies. [1962] * The Mystery of Death Valley's Lost Wagon Train. (2 copies). 8vo, one cloth and boards; one in wrappers. Each one of 200 copies. Reprinted from Brand Book 11 of the Los Angeles Corral of The Westerners. Both inscribed. Also, with membership directory for The Westerners. [1964] * Freeman's, A Stage Stop on the Mojave. (3 copies). Wrappers. La Siesta Press. [1964] * The Enduring Desert: A Descriptive Bibliography. 8vo, cloth. Ward Ritchie Press. [1969] * A Sentimental Venture. 8vo, cloth. Tales of the Mojave Road Publishing Co. [1976]. Together 19 volumes. Valuable reference on the Deserts of California. Lot Amendments Condition: Some general wear; overall near fine. Item number: 180054