Semi-Tropical California: Its Climate, Healthfulness, Productiveness, and Scenery; Its Magnificent Stretches of Vineyards and Groves of Semi-Tropical Fruits, Etc
by Truman, Major Ben C
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
San Anselmo, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco. A.L. Bancroft and Company. 1874. Bound in pictorial gilt decorative cloth with elaborate gilt tooled rural fruit picking vignette to front cover. Front cover decoration blind embossed to rear cover. Decorative titles to spine. 8vo. 5.75" x 9.0". The First Edition. Presentation copy from W.B. Bancroft to J.J. Truman (presumably a relative of the author). Presentation inscription in ink to front-free endsheet. Head and tailpieces very lightly worn. A remarkably Fine copy of this rare title.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8674
- Title
- Semi-Tropical California: Its Climate, Healthfulness, Productiveness, and Scenery; Its Magnificent Stretches of Vineyards and Groves of Semi-Tropical Fruits, Etc
- Author
- Truman, Major Ben C
- Format/Binding
- Bound in pictorial gilt decorative cloth with elaborate gilt tooled rural fruit picking vignette to front cover. Front cover dec
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A.L. Bancroft and Company.
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco.
- Date Published
- 1874.
Terms of Sale
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
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About the Seller
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Anselmo, California
About Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Located just accross the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, California - the Heldfond Book Gallery, Ltd. is one of the oldest and most esteemed Rare Bookstores on the West Coast. Specializations include: Illustrated Books in all disciplines, Fine Bindings and Sets, Important Literary First Editions,Fine Arts, Collectable Children's Illustrated Books, Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula,Rare Aviation and Maritime as well as a consistently superb inventory of General Antiquarian Materials.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...