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A Record of the Travels in Arizona and California 1775, 1776
by John Calvin (translation)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: John Howell Press, 1965. Limited. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Limited Edition 1 of 1,250, Inscribed by publisher Warren Howell " Inscribed by the publisher Warren R. Howell" in blue ink on first free page. Folio 13 inches in height by 9.25 inches in width, originally penned by Fr. Francisco Garces, translated by John Galvin, informative look early Spanish travel and exploration in Californian and Arizona,113 pages, complete with 2 folding maps, color plates including frontis of Lipan Warrior, beautiful two page color illustration of the Grand Canyon, Book is Fine, publisher's tan patterned cloth boards, bright gilt title to spine, tight and square with No Previous owner bookplate or writing. Protected in a custom mylar sleeve. Very nice book at a bargain price. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003476
- Title
- A Record of the Travels in Arizona and California 1775, 1776
- Author
- John Calvin (translation)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- John Howell Press
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- California History, Arizona History, Western Americana
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.
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Folio
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- Inscribed
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
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