Author: PEIXOTTO, ERNEST
Title: Romantic California
Description: New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0684835231. Illustrated by Ernest Peixotto. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some bumping, rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The front book cover has a rectangular pictorial pastedown illustration along with gilt lettering and decorations. The pictorial pastedown has rubbing to the edges, and a bit of fading. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the top edge of the half title page. The text pages are clean and bright. "Ernest Clifford Peixotto (1869–1940) was an American artist, illustrator, and author. Although he was known mainly for his murals and his travel literature, his artwork also regularly appeared in Scribner's Magazine. His 1916 work Our Hispanic Southwest is famous for including the first written appearance of the ethnic slur "spic" (although, in fact, it had previously appeared with a different spelling and pronunciation). " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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