California: Nature's Masterpiece.
by (CALIFORNIA)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles: National Mortgage Company of California, (1923). First edition. Quarto. [48] pp. with artistic photographic illustrations on every page. Publisher's blue wrappers. front cover with a gilt frame surrounding the title in gilt. An excellent copy. Only 4 copies recorded by OCLC.Presentation inscription from "Geo. S. Walker". Walker was for twelve years the state Building & Loan Commissioner before becoming the president of the National Mortgage Company of California. A rather elaborate piece of boosterism. As it was issued by a mortgage company instead of a special interest, it covers every aspect of the new California life-style.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75464
- Title
- California: Nature's Masterpiece.
- Author
- (CALIFORNIA)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- National Mortgage Company of California
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- (1923)
Terms of Sale
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2012
Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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"...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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...