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EARLY PRINTING IN CALIFORNIA: From Its Beginning in the Mexican Territory to Statehood September 9, 1850
by Fahey, Herbert
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included. 16 plates, including the frontispiece. First edition, limited to 400 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. An account not only of the Zamorano Press but also of the other early printing establishments in California. Prospectus laid in. Original green-covered boards over a black cloth spine, with a gilt-stamped red leather spine label. A near fine copy in the original plain paper dust jacket.
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- Seller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 58539
- Title
- EARLY PRINTING IN CALIFORNIA: From Its Beginning in the Mexican Territory to Statehood September 9, 1850
- Author
- Fahey, Herbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Book Club of California
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1956
Terms of Sale
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Established in 1981, johnson rare books & archives is located in the heart of downtown Covina, about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. Our shop is currently open by appointment Thursday - Saturday from 11am - 6pm (please call ahead) and houses an inventory of some 30,000 titles, ranging from the general second-hand to the truly antiquarian. For more information, visit our website at www.johnsonrarebooks.com or call 1-626-967-1888.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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