Harper and Bros., NYC , 1872. Hardcover. Very GOOD/Acceptable. 255 pages in unmarked hardcover with NO jacket and loose spine. First 10 Gatherings sections are completely or partially broken from binding but all are still intact. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt titles on cover and spine with two additional black decorative borders at top and bottom front, spine and rear covers. Cloth on spine is split along more than halfway. Heavily worn and frayed at top and lower edges of spine. All board corners are bumped and exposing boards. Front endpapers have a bookplate and a penciled inscription dated 1873. Staining/soiling on title pages with stains decreasing in size through to page 43. Many B&W engraved illustrations, Appendix and adverts at the end.

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Bookseller: Robert Harper Books LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 080577
Title: California: for Health, Pleasure, and Residence
Author: Nordhoff, Charles
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very GOOD
Jacket Condition: Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Harper and Bros., NYC
Date Published: 1872

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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...
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....
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...
Gatherings: A term used in bookbinding, where a gathering of sheets is folded at the middle, then bound into the binding together. The...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...