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Sketches Of Butte (From Vigilante Days To Prohibition) With Signed Letter And Signed Photograph
by Davis, George Wesley [aka Wesley Hume] [William Andrews Clark interest]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good + Book/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: The Cornhill Company, 1921. First Edition 1st Printing. Red Cloth, Gilt. Very Good + Book/No Dust Jacket. Frontispiece, Plates. Viii, 179 Pp. Publisher's Red Cloth, Gilt Cover And Spine, With Blindstamped Border On Front And Rear Covers. Light Wear, No Fraying, Very Clean With No Stains Or Marks. With A Full Page Autograph Letter, Signed, From The Author To Edward A Dickson, Evening Express, City, With His Return Address C/O W. A. Clark Jr. [William Andrews Clark, The Rare Book Collector And Philanthropist, Davis Explaining That He Has Been A House Guest Of Clark]. The Letter Discusses The Author And His Book, Furnishing A Little Background Information. Also Included Is The Author's Signed Photograph, A "Cut" Fir Publication, Again Inscribed By Davis, Also With His Alternate Name Wesley Hume, And Again Giving His Address C/O Clark In Los Angeles.
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- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025845
- Title
- Sketches Of Butte (From Vigilante Days To Prohibition) With Signed Letter And Signed Photograph
- Author
- Davis, George Wesley [aka Wesley Hume] [William Andrews Clark interest]
- Illustrator
- Frontispiece, Plates
- Format/Binding
- Red Cloth, Gilt
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good + Book
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Cornhill Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1921
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare And Unusual Books; Art-Original Photographs; "Western America: History;
Terms of Sale
Arroyo Seco Books
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
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Pasadena, California
About Arroyo Seco Books
Arroyo Seco Books lists about 26,000 used books in all fields, including physics, art, philosophy, social science, literature, science fiction, etc. We also stock modern and antiquarian prints and other art. Most items are listed in 100 catalogs titled by subject matter, and available on this site. We purchase interesting private libraries. Member of IOBA. Contact: Stephen Clauser, 626-372-3863.
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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...
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- 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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