The Old Mission Churches & Historic Houses of California: Their History, Architecture , Art and Lore de Newcomb, Rexford - 1925

Lippincott. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Oversized blue cloth stamped in gilt, TEG. Slight soil to cloth, slight cornerwear, spine a bit flattened. Tissued color frontis. Illustrated. ; quarto; 379 pages .

J.B. Lippincott, 1925. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. First edition. Covers edgeworn. Front hinge cracked. Name written inside front cover.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. very good -. Quarto (11" x 8"). xvii, (1), 379, (1)pp. Index. Pictorial blue buckram stamped in gilt. Profusely illustrated with photographs, ground plans and architectural elevations that include a color frontispiece, 217 illustrations and measured drawings, 24 line drawings and a title page vignette. This copy is further illustrated with 6 additional color plates mounted on the blank preliminaries. White library call letters at foot of spine and blue rubber stamps of "Research Dept. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" on several blank margins. An interestng Hollywood association copy. Binding with some old soiling & rubbing, but quite sound.

Philadelphia: J. P. Lippincott, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped royal 8vo. cloth. 379pp. Well-illustrated. Index. t.e.g. (top edge gilt). A color photo is affixed to the rear paste down; it is so precise that we wonder if the publisher did it. Minor wear & just a bit of scuffing. Near fine; better copy than most. No dj (possible as issued, but we're not certain).

London: The Argonaut Press, 1926. Limited Edition. Publisher's cloth. near Fine/none. Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596) was an Elizabethan Master Mariner. This account of his early voyages was compiled by his nephew and first published in 1636. Near Fine, beautiful book, Limited Edition 46/975 numbered copies, printed on fine Japanese vellum. 232 pages Illustrated with title page color vignette, 3 illustrations and 4 route maps, index. Quarto: 10.5 by 8 inches wide. publisher's quarter bound with vellum spine with bright gilt title, spine a bit bumped at heel, over very clean blue buckram boards, gilt sailing ships illustration on upper top corner of front board. No previous owner bookplate or writing. A superior Limited Edition. Protected in a custom mylar sleeve.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott. Spine slightly faded, else a nearly fine copy. 1925. 1st. hardcover. Small 4to, 379 pp. .

Philadelph: J. B. Lippincott, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Blue cloth, with gilt-stamped title on spine and cover, 28 cm, 379 pages, with color frontispiece and black & white plates. Very good condition.

1 . Hardbound. Fine. Their History, Architecture, Art and Lore. With a frontispiece in color, 217 illustrations and measured drawings, 24 line drawings. 4to. First edition. Philadelphia (Lippinccott) 1925. Blue cloth, lettered in gold top edge gilt A fine copy in frayed dw.