THE ELFIN-FOREST (SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND CHESTER VERSTEEG); With 123 Illustrations From Photographs

Fultz, Francis M.

Published by Times-Mirror Press, Los Angeles, CA, 1923

About this Item

Octavo, 7.8 in. x 5.3 in., pp. 267. Signed by the author on a limited edition plate affixed to the front pastedown, #32/100. Light green cloth boards with light rubbing to edges and a hint of fraying to the spine ends. Bottom corners just showing. Dime-sized stain to top of rear board. Touch of darkening to spine. Previous owner's signature (Chester Versteeg) to front free endpaper. Spine and hinges tight. Francis M. Fultz (1857-1948) was a school superintendent before becoming the director of conservation and reforestation in Los Angeles City Schools (1925-1932). Previous owner Chester Versteeg (1887-1963) was a Los Angeles-based insurance broker, Sierra Club officer, researcher, and author whose hobby was the Sierra Nevada. He was an avid hiker and mountain climber; he first hiked the Sierra in 1909 and climbed over 250 peaks in the range, including 40 first ascents. He served on the Sierra Club's editorial board and was the first chairman of the Geographic Committee of the Sierra Club. In this capacity he was involved in proposing names for Sierra Nevada features. More than 250 of his suggestions for names of peaks, passes, lakes, and meadows have found their way onto the USGS maps. (Online Archive of California).

Seller Inventory # 100106

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE ELFIN-FOREST (SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND CHESTER VERSTEEG); With 123 Illustrations From Photographs
• Publisher: Times-Mirror Press, Los Angeles, CA
• Publication Date: 1923
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americana, Western