[Rarebooks] Her First Book Inscribed the year of Publication

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Percival, Olive.  

MEXICO CITY.  An Idler's Note-Book.  Chicago: Herbert S. Stone and Company. 1901.Sm. 8vo.  (10),208pp. plus 7 inserted plates, 5 by Frank Hazenplug and 2 after photographsby Olive Percival.  Decorative tan cloth stamped in blue and black, designed byFrank Hazenplug.  An about fine copy inscribed on the front free end-paper "For mydear Mrs. Russell, from her admiring friend. Olive Percival. Los Angeles, 1901".
$200
Olive Percival's first book.  Among her many accomplishments she was a great book collectorand a strong advocate for women's rights.  She was an important figure in the cultural life of 
Los Angeles, from her arrival in the city in 1887, at age 18 until her death in 1945.  Kramer. STONE &KIMBALL,  #275