KEITH: Old Master of California [with] Vol. II: A Supplement

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Inscribed by Brother Cornelius to Mr. and Mrs. Scott Scammell, relatives of William Keith, on the front flyleaf, with the bookplate of Maysie Bruce Scammel on the front pastedown in the first volume. The standard biography of William Keith (1838-1911), the Scottish-American painter famous for his California landscapes. He is associated with Tonalism and the American Barbizon school. Octavo, two volumes: xix, [3], 631 pp. + xi, [1], 296 pp. with a color frontispiece portrait and 90 plates, including 16 in color. Original cloth bindings, with black- and gilt-stamped titles. A very (truncated) good or better set. (Inventory #: 78345)