FRANCIS DRAKE AND OTHER EARLY EXPLORERS ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST.
by Robertson, John W
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Some scattered foxing, some pages opened carelessly, overall about very good
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San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1927. Limited edition. Hardcover. Some scattered foxing, some pages opened carelessly, overall about very good. Quarter vellum and brown boards, octavo, 290 pp., illustrated with 5 full-page colored maps, 1 folding map, 21 in-text maps adapted from original sources by Valenti Angelo. Also 5 headpieces, 5 tailpieces, and 5 decorative initials also by Valenti Angelo. In slipcase of brown boards and mounted side-panel illustration.
Edition of 1000 copies printed by Edwin Graborn at the Grabhorn Press. GPB 90. THIS COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY EDWIN GRABHORN: "For L. B. McMurtry with the best wishes of E. Grabhorn. Oct. 7, '27."
Edition of 1000 copies printed by Edwin Graborn at the Grabhorn Press. GPB 90. THIS COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY EDWIN GRABHORN: "For L. B. McMurtry with the best wishes of E. Grabhorn. Oct. 7, '27."
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- Bookseller
- Chanticleer Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23514
- Title
- FRANCIS DRAKE AND OTHER EARLY EXPLORERS ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST.
- Author
- Robertson, John W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Some scattered foxing, some pages opened carelessly, overall about very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- Grabhorn Press
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1927
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