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CALIFORNIA'S PICTORIAL LETTER SHEETS, 1849-1869
by Baird, Joseph Armstrong, Jr
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
San Francisco: David Magee, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Limited to 475 copies printed by Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem. "In the two decades following 1849, artists and printers in the West produced thousands of vivid pictorial records on sheets of writing paper, and these remain the major surviving visual account of California in that era." This catalogue fully describes over 300 California letter sheets and is illustrated with numerous reproductions, including a folding facsimile (housed in the rear pocket). Quarto. Original pictorial paper-covered boards over an orange morocco spine with gilt stamping. Near fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75691
- Title
- CALIFORNIA'S PICTORIAL LETTER SHEETS, 1849-1869
- Author
- Baird, Joseph Armstrong, Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- David Magee
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- California, Western Americana, Pictorial Letter Sheets, Ephemera, Printing History
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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...
- 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...
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