The Wonders of the Colorado Desert (Southern California) Its Rivers and its Mountains, its Canyons and its Springs, its Life and its History, Pictured and Described Including an Account of Recent Journey Made Down the Overflow of the Colorado River to the Mysterious Salton Sea.

The first UK edition of George Wharton James's illustrated work on the Colorado Desert. The scarce first UK edition. First published in the U.S in 1906 by Little, Brown and Co.In the publisher's original cloth.With a full colour frontispiece, maps, vignette ink sketches and 32 plates by Carl Eytel. Collated complete.This work was written by American lecturer, photographer, journalist and writer George Wharton James. The work provides a study of the Colorado Desert with descriptions of the geography and the plant and animal life.Circulating bookplate for 'W.H. Smith & Sons Circulating Library' to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally generally smart with fading to the spine, bumping and slight rubbing to the extremities, a closed tear to the tail of the spine and minor marks to the boards and spine. Rear joint tender. Front and rear hinge tender with circulating bookplates for 'W.H. Smith & Sons Circulating Library' to the front pastedown, a small label adhered to the rear pastedown and light marks to the endpapers. Internally generally firmly bound with the odd page starting. Generally bright pages with the odd spot and small closed tear and minor loss to the bottom of the front blank. Good.…