Lillie Coit and her mother, Martha Hitchcock, were hostesses of Larkmead's bohemian salon in California's Napa Valley, where distinguished guests whiled away the hours with singing, dancing, and reading poetry under the stars. "A Salon at Larkmead", Martha's never-before-published diaries, chronicles this dazzling life of leisure in Napa Valley at the moment of the region's transition from wilderness to garden.
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Lillie Coit and her mother, Martha Hitchcock, were hostesses of Larkmead's bohemian salon in California's Napa Valley, where distinguished guests whiled away the hours with singing, dancing, and reading poetry under the stars. "A Salon at Larkmead", Martha's never-before-published diaries, chronicles this dazzling life of leisure in Napa Valley at the moment of the region's transition from wilderness to garden.
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Various Photographers. As New. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. First Ten Speed Press Edition with complete number line at copyright page. Illustrated throughout with B&W photographs. French flap wraps, clean, colors bright, no reading creases at spine, minor edge wear. Pages [144] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Provides a privilegaed window into life in California's Napa Valley at its moment of transition from wilderness to garden. Diaries are presented here for the first time and are supplemented by other texts, newpaper accounts, recipes, and by over fifty vintage photographs from the Hitchcock-Coit collection and other archives. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described.