New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tight copy with dark cloth boards that show a little spotting. Gilt print on spine is bright. Some bumping and edgewear. Previous owner's bookplate and small sticker on front paste down page. 1931 date stamp on front free end paper. Los Angeles Times clipping, article about the tourist drive of '49 (1849, that is) in back of book. End papers have darkened, as have edges of deckled pages. Very nice book with a little of its own history.

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Bookseller: Texas Star Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 001526
Title: A History of California, The American Period
Author: Cleland, Robert Glass
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1930
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: CALIFORNIA HISTORY
Bookseller catalogs: AMERICAN HISTORY; Americana; North America - California;

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Texas Star Books

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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...
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...
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....
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...