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California as it Is: A Reprint of the Edition of 1851, with Biographies of the Ancestors of John Hale, 1637-1800, and his Descendants, 1826-1952
de Hale, John; Hunter, Thomas B., ed.; Wellington, Richard L., ed
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- Bien
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- Estado
- Good
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Moab, Utah, United States
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Good. 1954. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 150 copies privately printed at the Grabhorn Press, San Francisco. 1954 reprint of an exceedingly rare book originally published in 1851. Marbled paper boards quarter bound with tan cloth. Beige label with orange lettering on spine. Boards are slightly bowed; edges rubbed with boards exposed at bottom corners. Tight binding and clean interior. Includes frontispiece, five plates with half-tone portraits, and a folding map. John Hale moved to the Sacramento Valley from New York in 1849 and worked as a mining equipment manufacturer. However, he soon became disenchanted with California and issued a warning to would-be immigrants. Howes H31; Kurutz 301b; Mintz 198; Wagner-Camp-Becker 198a. ; Book; 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall .
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- Back of Beyond Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 007490
- Título
- California as it Is: A Reprint of the Edition of 1851, with Biographies of the Ancestors of John Hale, 1637-1800, and his Descendants, 1826-1952
- Autor
- Hale, John; Hunter, Thomas B., ed.; Wellington, Richard L., ed
- Formato/Encuadernación
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- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Edición
- Limited Edition
- Fecha de publicación
- 1954
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Moab, Utah
Sobre Back of Beyond Books
Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
