Booth Mabel Otis (2 results)

Cloth. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. Firfires, Nicholas S. (illustrator). 2nd Edition. xv, 262p. Front endpaper corner clipped, damp stain and ink book store stamp on front pastedown, cover spine sunned and corners worn. Mrs. Abbott's reminiscences of her life as the housekeeper and assistant to her uncle Padre Alejandro Buckler at the Santa Ines Mission from 1904 to 1924. From the Foreword: "The story of the restoration of Santa Ines as told by the house-keeper, an exact and inspired description of Mrs. Abbott's duties, is not only the story of rebuilt walls, bell towers, mended vestments and so on, but the story of a Mission by the side of the road which gave loving hospitality to all who came knocking at its door." B&w illustrations by Nicholas Firfires and 2 leaves of b&w photo plates. (9"x6").

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. (1951), stated Second Edition, Very Good Plus/Good to Very Good dj, octavo, 262pp., dark red decorated boards hardcover, unclipped ($4.00) dj with 3" stain on front panel & small chips at corners, binding tight, long inked note of owner on rear endpaper, b&w ill's by Nicholas S. Firfires, Presented & Signed on front endpaper: "At the request of my good friend Kathleen Williams - I am most happy to autograph my book 'Santa Ines Hermosa' for Mr. Arthur B. Fuller - Mamie Goulet Abbott, February 8, 1965.". Signed by Author(s).