Across the Plains

  • Hardcover
  • Hillsborough, CA: L-D Allen Press, 1950
By [L-D Allen Press] Stevenson, Robert Louis; Oscar Lewis, introductory note; Mallette Dean, illustrator
Hillsborough, CA: L-D Allen Press, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good+. Hardcover. One of 200 copies from this press, also known as the Allen Press. Now scarce. Oscar Lewis provided an interesting history of Stevenson's trips to San Francisco in 1870s and 1880s. Bound in patterned paper boards with a cream paper spine label. Printed in Bulmer type on Oxbow rag paper. Slightly cocked with light wear at head and tail of spine. Two corners just beginning to rub. Otherwise very good plus. Measures 6.5 x 10 inches. 76 pages.

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