The King Of The Broncos And Other Stories Of New Mexico

CHARLES F. LUMMIS

Publication: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897, New York

First edition. 8vo. Brown cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine, ix [blank], 254 pp., frontispiece, illustrated. A collection of fourteen stories on Lummis' adopted home of New Mexico. Charles F. Lummis (1858-1928) explored and documented the culture and history of the Southwest in his writings and photography from 1884 until his death in 1928. A resident of Los Angeles for most of his life, Lummis was city editor of the Los Angeles Daily Times, city librarian of the Los Angeles Public Library, an advocate of Native American rights, and founder of the Landmarks Club and the Southwest Museum. Covers lightly rubbed at spine ends, corners and extremities, front and rear fly leaf lightly soiled, else a very good copy.

Inventory Number: 50422