Your desert and mine. With an introduction by Harold O. Weight. by [CALIFORNIA -- PALM SPRINGS]. SHUMWAY, Nina Paul - [1960].
by [CALIFORNIA -- PALM SPRINGS]. SHUMWAY, Nina Paul
Your desert and mine. With an introduction by Harold O. Weight.
by [CALIFORNIA -- PALM SPRINGS]. SHUMWAY, Nina Paul
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Palm Springs, CA: Palm Springs Desert Museum, [Westernlore Press], [1960]. 8vo. xv, [3], 322, [2] pp. Title in red & black (pasted on publisher’s label), numerous photo plates. Green cloth, silver lettering, w/ d.j. wraparound cover art photo of Date Garden in Coachella Valley (price-clipped), NF/NF copy. First edition of this memoir describing the efforts of William L. Paul pioneering the Date Garden near present day PGA West in 1902, and the formation of the Coachella Valley Growers Association.
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- Book Condition Used
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Palm Springs Desert Museum, [Westernlore Press],
- Place of Publication Palm Springs, CA:
- Date Published [1960].
- Keywords California, Californiana, Western Americana, Palm Springs, Coachella Valley, William L. Paul, Farming, Agriculture, Date Palms, Economic History, Development, Local History