Homestead Publishers, 1980. Signed cloth bound second printing hardcover with dust jacket of Sand in My Shoe: Homestead Days in Twentynine Palms by Helen Bagley.

The author has signed and inscribed the half-title page.

"Helen and Frank Bagley began their fifty-year adventure in desert living in 1927, at the oasis of Twentynine Palms in the Mojave Desert... In Sand In My Shoe Helen reveals with warmth and humor what it was like to step out of the Twentieth Century into a life without electricity, piped water, doctors, paving, phones--60 to 100 miles from a supply source, by a twin-rut trail."

Illustrated with black and white photos throughout.

Good condition. 1-inch closed tears to the top of the dust jacket at the front cover spine crease and top back cover. Edge wear to the dust jacket. Fingerprint smudge to the title page bottom. A few small isolated stains to the page block edge. A solid book with shelf wear.