YELVERTON, Therese. Zanita: A Tale of Yo-semite.
Item #1274
Iv + 296 pp. Blind-stamped orange cloth, gilt-stamped spine. New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1872. First Edition. Farquhar, 11: ôThe lady who styled herself Viscountess Avonmore spent the summer of 1870 in Yosemite, where she attached herself to the Hutchings family and made eyes at John Muir. He escaped to the woods, but not before she had noted enough of his conversation and his ways of life to make him over into Kenmuir, the hero of her novel. Florence Hutchings became Zanita (derived from the shrub, mansanita)àö. Slightly cocked, corners bumped, spine faded to tan and fraying at head & foot, attractive pictorial bookplate of Edward Dean Lyman on front pastedown, scattered ink private library numbers on preliminaries, title, and 1st page of Chapter I as well as embossed seal (twice) ôFrom |E.R. Rich & Son |Stationers |477 Broadway |So. Bostonö, otherwise very good. |
