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California: The Land of the Sun
de Austin, Mary; Sutton Palmer
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Monterey, California, United States
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London: Adam and Charles Black, 1914. First Edition. Large 8vo. 178 pp. Fold-out map of California at rear. 32 tipped-in color plates (including frontispiece) with titled tissue guards, reproducing paintings by Sutton Palmer. Index. Green cloth with a signed pictorial design by Henry Hunt Clark, printed in blue, orange and yellow on the front and spine; background to titling blocked in gilt on the front and spine with top edge gilt. Light wear to extremities; repaired tear to spine head; previous owner bookplate; a very good copy. Austin writings of the beauties up and down California are paired beautifully with scenic views by Sutton Palmer including Yosemite, Lake Tahoe, Mount Shasta, Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains, Mt. Tamalpais, Glendale Valley, San Diego and much more. Her inscribed sentiment translates to "Sunny days expand the soul"...a true statement for California days. (A & C Black 649; Cowan pg. 23; Rocq 16661).
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- Librería
- Carpe Diem Fine Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 20986
- Título
- California: The Land of the Sun
- Autor
- Austin, Mary; Sutton Palmer
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Adam and Charles Black
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1914
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Sobre Carpe Diem Fine Books
Carpe Diem Fine Books offers a discriminating selection of out-of-print, signed and unusual books in all fields – with an emphasis on the history and literature of California and the West. Proprietors James Bryant and Mary Hill have served an international clientele of private collectors and libraries since 1995. Their book gallery, located in a charming 1930's Carmel stone building just steps from the Robert Louis Stevenson House in historic Old Monterey, features a constantly changing inventory - from the classics to the unexpected.
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- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
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- Inscribed
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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