[Rarebooks] FS: Great Los Angeles association copy of "Tom Cringle's Log"

[Kenneth Karmiole]

[Scott, Michael]. TOM CRINGLE'S LOG. A New Edition Revised and Corrected. In Three Volumes. Philadelphia: E. L. Carey & A. Hart. 1834. 12mo. 3 vols. (4),(13)-203,(1);(2),203,(1);204pp. Orig. red cloth spines (faded), over boards. Paper spine labels, a bit chipped. Extremities of boards rubbed. This copy inscribed to "Henry W. O'Melveny with love from Chas. F. Lummis, 1914." Each volume also signed by Lummis on the title page, and each with his 1897 bookplate.                 $450.00 (trade discount allowed)
A great Los Angeles association of two of the most important Angelinos at the beginning of the 20th century. Lummis was the author and journalist who became the first City Editor of the Los Angeles Times. He later became City Librarian, and founder of the Southwest Museum. O'Melveny was the great Los Angeles attorney, founder of the firm O'Melveny & Myers.

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