Letters from the Orange Empire; Edited by Richard G. Lillard - Afterward by Lawrence Clark Powell
Los Angeles: Historical Society of Southern California, 1990. Hardcover. 142 pages. Limited Edition of 600 copies, this is 1 of 150 copies for the Zamorano Club as a Keepsake for the Biennial Joint Meeting with the Roxburghe Club, October 20-21, 1990 in Los Angeles, designed and printed at the Castle Press, Pasadena. Lawrence Clark Powell, a legendary librarian and founding dean of UCLA's School of Library Science (1960) was the son of Harold G. Powell - an early California Agricultural advocate, most importantly the pomologist with the USDA's Bureau of Plant Industry. This book contains a series of letters written by Powell during the years 1904 and 1909 discussing the difficulty with transporting fresh/perishable crops by railroad. Illustrated. Pristine copy. Gilt-stamped green cloth covered boards. Fine. Item #2878
Price: $40.00