Malaspina In California
by Cutter, Donald C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: John Howell Books, 1960. First Edition. Fine in light yellow linen covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine and with gilt text and decorations on the front board. A small quarto measuring 11" by 8 1/2". Without a dust jacket. One of only 1,000 copies printed. 96 pages including an index, appendices and text. Illustrated with two color plates and two sections of reproductions of earlier works of art. In 1791 Captains Alejandro Malaspina and Jose Bustamante y Guerra lead the Spanish naval exploring expedition, a 62-month around the world scientific endeavor. During this trip they stopped for a two week period in Monterey, California to explore and document what they found. This volume, the first English translation of the original Spanish printing of 1885, details their discoveries and provides necessary detail on California's early Spanish history. (Cowen, p. 412)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB26563
- Title
- Malaspina In California
- Author
- Cutter, Donald C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Howell Books
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1960
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Quarto
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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