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Forster vs. Pico
by Paul Bryan Gray
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Spokane, Washington: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. First Printing, 2002, Quality Arthur H. Clark Printing, 256 pages including frontis, maps, black and white photographs, bibliography and index, The Struggle for the Rancho Santa Margarita, 1873 jury trial Pio Pico, the last Mexican Governor of California was a victim of fraud by his anglo brother in law John Forster. Book is Fine, NO previous owner bookplate or writing, tight, square and crisp, never read condition, publisher's bright red cloth with gleaming gilt title to front board and spine, protected in a mylar sleeve, professionally shipped. Great Book at a Bargain Price! 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003480
- Title
- Forster vs. Pico
- Author
- Paul Bryan Gray
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Arthur H. Clark Company
- Place of Publication
- Spokane, Washington
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- California History, Rancho Santa Margarita
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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