The Wonderful City of Carrie Van Wie: Paintings of San Francisco at the Turn of the Century

This is a rare or used book from the Berkelouw Rare Books Department.

San Francisco: Book Club of California (1963). Folio. Orig. qtr. natural linen over green dec. boards (slightly rubbed). With reproduction of a painting of the artist's home and a photograph of her on title-page 21 full-page col. reproductions of watercolours each with a page of text by Oscar Lewis. Colour reproductions made from blocks engraved by Mary Grabhorn printed over collotype plates. Limited edition of 525 copies. A fine copy of this beautiful book.