Yosemite legends

Publisher Paul Elder & Co. American
1904
Not on view
"This edition of Yosemite legends was done for Paul Elder and Company at the Tomoyé Press, San Francisco, in the year nineteen hundred and four" -- Colophon

Russet cloth stamped in black and white stylistic view of a waterfall and tree surrounded by decorative border with repeating motif derived from Native American imagery, title stamped in gold; title, author, and publisher stamped in gold on spine with extension of border image from front cover and single border stamped in black; top edge gilt. Signed with FL inside a circle [Florence Lundborg]

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  • Title: Yosemite legends
  • Artist: Florence Lundborg (American, San Francisco, California 1871–1949 New York, New York)
  • Publisher: Paul Elder & Co. (San Francisco and New York)
  • Date: 1904
  • Geography: San Francisco, California
  • Dimensions: 64 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations ; Height: 9 13/16 in. (25 cm)
  • Object Number: Publishers Bindings 276

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