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Alonzo Delano's Pen-Knife Sketches or Chips of the Old Block
by Delano, Alonzo
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good-. Title continues: A series of original illustrated letters, written by one of California's pioneer miners, and dedicated to that class of her citizens by the author. Reprinted from the only edition (1853) with illustrations by Charles Nahl and a new foreword by G.Ezra Dane. pp xxii, 80, with color frontispiece and illustrations. Cloth -backed boards with mounted color illustration. No dust jacket. Light wear to edges, spine label chipped, mild ripple to text block. One of 500 copies printed.
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- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2321
- Title
- Alonzo Delano's Pen-Knife Sketches or Chips of the Old Block
- Author
- Delano, Alonzo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Grabhorn Press
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- California fine press books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Californiana;
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About the Seller
Walkabout Books
Biblio member since 2011
Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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- Text Block
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- Spine Label
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- G
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- New
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- Cloth
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