Friend, Herve

Picturesque Los Angeles. Illustrative and Descriptive.

Chicago: American Photogravure Co., 1887. first. hardcover. very good. Item #2107030

First edition. 22 pages of text + 65 full page photogravures with tissue guards. 12 1/2" x 10 1/2". Photographer Herve Friend was one of the best landscape photographers at the time. Images include the San Gabriel Canyon and the San Gabriel Mountains, Santa Monica, Arroyo Seco, Long Beach, and Catalina Harbor.
Very good condition, some wear, front and rear gutters may have been repaired on inside with black tape; verso of front free end paper shows tape from top to bottom. Book plate attached to front paste-down.

Price: $2,000.00