Burgundy cloth boards with gilt embossed image of a basket on front cover. Lavender endpapers. Burgundy paper slipcase with paper paste-down title on spine. Light fading to edges of slipcase. Book is in fine condition; extremely clean with a tight binding. One of 400 copies from the Yolla Bolly Press. Signed by the author, the grand niece and nephew of George Wharton James, and Carolyn and James Robertson of Yolla Bolly Press. Filled with an array of gorgeous black and white photography featuring James at various stages of his life, fliers for his lectures, and Native Americans in their native landscape. An essay on the life and work of the popular American lecturer, photographer, journalist, and editor. ; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 98 pp; Signed by Author.

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Title: Controversial James - an Essay on the Life and Work of George Wharton James
Publisher: Book Club of California, San Francisco
Publication Date: 1991
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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83 N. Main, Moab, UT 84532
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