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CHENEY, JOHN VANCE - At the Silver Gate

Title: At the Silver Gate
Description: New York, NY: Frederick A. Stokes, 1911. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Harold A. Taylor. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The front panel of the dust jacket has been tipped onto the front pastedown page. There are spots of foxing to the front endpaper. The illustrations are taken from photographs, mostly by Mr. Harold A. Taylor, of Coronado, CA. (RE: Harold A. Taylor) : "From 1902-1907, Taylor photographed Yosemite, operating out of his Studio of Three Arrows in Yosemite Valley. Later, living in Southern California, he photographed many of the Spanish Missions built in the late 1700s. In 1912, Taylor moved to Coronado, where he lived, worked in photography, and established the Coronado Floral Association with his wife Maud. When he started retiring, Harold and Maud moved to El Cajon where they cultivated a half-acre Victorian flower garden on their dear little hill, their “Lomita Querida. ” He died in 1960 at the age of 81. (from Harold A. Taylor website). Very Good+ .

Keywords: Poetry John Vance Cheney California Poetry California Poets Harold A. Taylor Californiana California Photographs Photographers

Price: US$ 50.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 46709

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