THE SAN JACINTOS: The Mountain Country from Banning to Borrego Valley - Natural History by Elna Bakker [signed] [first edition]

Signed by John W. Robinson, Bruce D. Risher, and Elna Bakker on a prefatory blank leaf, with a copy of Robinson's 1994 Christmas letter laid in. Robinson (1929-2018), the author of similar works on the San Gabriels and the San Bernardinos, collaborates with forest ranger Bruce Risher to present the definitive story of the San Jacinto Mountains, part of the great California Peninsular Ranges, incorporating a wealth of geologic information, local history, and hundreds of vintage photographs. Quarto: 252 p. with over 450 illustrations and maps. Original blue buckram binding, with gilt titles. Some mild wear to the dust jacket; else very good or better.