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CALIFORNIA ORANGE BOX LABELS. An Illustrated History.
by McClelland, Gordon T., and Jay T. Last
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0914589016
- ISBN 13
- 9780914589013
- Seller
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Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Beverly Hills: Hillcrest Press, (1985). first edition. hardcover. Fine/Fine. Quarto, (approx. 8 3/4" wide by 11 3/16" tall) tan cloth covers with gilt titles, 133 pages. 400 color illustrations. Includes lists of label artists and lithographers. Index. Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. 051517A "In the seventy years from the 1880's to the mid-1950's millions of colorful paper labels were used by California citrus growers to identify and advertise the wooden boxes of oranges they shipped throughout the United States. These labels provide a social history, a history of commercial art, and a history of California business." -- from the dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000019593
- Title
- CALIFORNIA ORANGE BOX LABELS. An Illustrated History.
- Author
- McClelland, Gordon T., and Jay T. Last
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- ISBN 10
- 0914589016
- ISBN 13
- 9780914589013
- Publisher
- Hillcrest Press
- Place of Publication
- Beverly Hills
- Date Published
- (1985)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art & Design;
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