[Rarebooks] FS: Davies, Scott E. Haselton

[John Howell]

Offered today:

An important work for those interested in the Arroyo Seco in the first half of the twentieth century, cacti and succulent plants, and / or the bibliography of Scott E. Haselton:

[HASELTON] DAVIES, David W. (1908-1984).  

Scott E. Haselton and His Abbey Garden Press. 

Los Angeles: Dawson’s Book Shop, 1985.  

8vo.  9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches.  26 pp.  Half-title, title-page vignette, black-and-white photographic portrait of Haselton tipped-in on page 2, brown decorative border around chapter heads, four black-and-white illustrations of title pages; text clean, unmarked.  Red-and-green printed wrapper; binding square and tight, top corner bumped, affecting text block.  Glen Dawson’s copy.  Very Good. 
$ 45
LIMITED EDITION of 220 copies, printed by Patrick Reagh.  This book traces the life and printing career of Scott E. Haselton (1895-1991).  Born in 1895 in New Hampshire, Scott Haselton moved to California for health reasons, but became a cactus enthusiast, founding and publishing Journal of the Cactus and Succulent Society and more than a hundred books and pamphlets.  Haselton’s imprint was the “Abbey San Encino Press,” having studio space and printing equipment at the Abbey San Encino in the 1930s.  

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