[Rarebooks] FS: Early Western Automotive Travel, printed by Nash, inscribed to Vilhjalmur Stefansson

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POOLE,  Caroline.  A  MODERN  PRAIRIE  SCHOONER  ON  THE
         TRANSCONTINENTAL  TRAIL.  THE  STORY  OF A  MOTOR  TRIP.  San
         Francisco:  Privately  Printed  1919.   First  Edition.  Thin
         quarto  (8-1/8"  x  11-1/2") bound in original  plain  boards
         with thin  linen  spine  on which is a printed  paper  label.
         Copy #214  of 250, the entire edition, printed by John  Henry
         Nash. Illustrated  with  a  large   folding  map  and  twelve
         collotypes  from  photographs,  ten of  which  contain  three
         different  images. Scarce narrative of an early cross-country
         trip by  automobile  in a 1913 Packard beginning in  Pasadena
         and ending  in Colorado Springs, having traversed Arizona and
         New Mexico,  with much detailed observations on the landscape
         and the  Native  American population. This copy  additionally
         INSCRIBED  and  SIGNED by the author in 1919 to noted  Arctic
         explorer  Vilhjalmur  Stefansson, author of MY LIFE WITH  THE
         ESKIMOS  and  other titles. Front hinge splitting at top  and
         bottom  but  still tight; light wear and rubbing.  Very  Good
         and quite scarce.                                     $850.00

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