California on Stone.
by PETERS, Harry T
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co,, 1935. First edition. One of 501 numbered copies. Quarto. [vi], 227, [1], [2, colophon] pp. Numerous illustrations throughout. Publisher's tan buckram with bevelled edges, black-stamped cover and title labels, top edge stained brown. Overall, an excellent copy. "More than a hundred reproductions of early California lithographic views and 'letter sheets' with extensive data on the art of lithography and those who practiced it on the Pacific Coast. Here is the true flavor of the Gold Rush, as expressed by the picturemakers" (Wheat). Wheat, Gold Rush, 158. Howes P259. Streeter 4378.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71558
- Title
- California on Stone.
- Author
- PETERS, Harry T
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Co,
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
Terms of Sale
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2012
Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...