A Dangerous Journey: California 1849
by J. Ross Browne
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Used - very good/Good
- Seller
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San Diego, California, United States
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About This Item
Palo Alto: Arthur Lites Press, 1950. Hardcover . Used - very good/Good. 8vo; 93pp. Limited to 1,000 copies. Inscribed by publisher on ffe. Bookplate of Californiana collector, John Patrick Ford, on blank prelim. Unclipped dj with numerous chips to extremities, including one to spine with loss of most of one of the the title words, 'Journey'. DJ verso has been repaired with archival tape and is now protected in a removable mylar cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- La Playa Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41688
- Title
- A Dangerous Journey: California 1849
- Author
- J. Ross Browne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Arthur Lites Press
- Place of Publication
- Palo Alto
- Date Published
- 1950
- Bookseller catalogs
- Collectible;
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About the Seller
La Playa Books
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San Diego, California
About La Playa Books
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Inscribed
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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....
- Bookplate
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