California. An Englishman's Impressions of the Golden State.
by Johnson, Arthur T
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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GRASS VALLEY, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Duffield & Company. Near Fine. (c. 1914-). Hardcover. Short snag to top of spine. ; Ex- Pacific Union Club library with their bookplate tipped in over the bookplate of Eugene Lent on front pastedown, no other library treatments save small call numbers on verso of title page, one in pencil, one in pen. Presentation inscription of front endpaper "Presented to the Pacific-Union Club by Mr. Eugene Lent, June 1924." Red cloth, spine lettered in gilt; photographic frontis of the Golden Gate; plates throughout containign nice half-tone photographs by E. Nora Meek. Oddly, except for all the work on this book, we find no other trace of her to date. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 346 pages .
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- Bookseller
- G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11049
- Title
- California. An Englishman's Impressions of the Golden State.
- Author
- Johnson, Arthur T
- Illustrator
- E. Nora Meek
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Publisher
- Duffield & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (c. 1914-)
- Keywords
- CALIFORNIA, TRAVEL, HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA
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GRASS VALLEY, California
About G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA
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