"BORN OF THE DESERT" By C.R. Rockwood with "PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS" of the Early History of Imperial Valley [revised] By Dr. W.T. Heffernan Calexico, California: Calexico Chronicles, Publisher, 1930. First edition thus. A bit of chipping to the yapp edges of the covers, several droplets of stain to the rear cover, else very good in dark gray textured printed wraps. Illustrated with two photographic portrait plates of the authors. Marginal drawings throughout to lower corners of the text. "Rockwood's story of the reclamation of the Imperial Valley was first published in a special edition of the Calexico Chronicle, in 1909."--Edwards, The Enduring Desert, p. 214. Slim Quarto; a total of [66] pages. The text is printed on quality paper with rough cut edges. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!