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Four-Leaved Clover, Being Stanford Rhymes by Carolus Ager, Reprinted from the Student Publications, with Sundry Truthful Picturings, by Donald Hume Fry, and an Apology, by David Starr Jordan. Third Edition
by Ager, Carolus [pseud. Charles Kellogg Field, '96]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: C. A. Murdock & Co., for the author, 1899. Hardcover. 139p., letterpress with vignette sketch illustrations, rubricated title page, hardbound in 7x5 inch boards, cloth spine over printed paper gilt, top edge gilt, foredge untrimmed, a pretty production with a little bit of edge wear and handsoil. Former owner (Stanford '13) has indicated his ownership with vintage bookplate, holograph legend, rubber-stamping and a pasted vignette of Stanford that conceals a defect in the ffep. Copy #54 of an unspecified limitation. Laid in are several small period notices in very good condition: Football announcement 1921, undated SF "Market St RR Co" transfer (shades of W. Sidis!), Campus tour; Keep Education Free handbill circa 1920, others, usually trivial.
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- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 183288
- Title
- Four-Leaved Clover, Being Stanford Rhymes by Carolus Ager, Reprinted from the Student Publications, with Sundry Truthful Picturings, by Donald Hume Fry, and an Apology, by David Starr Jordan. Third Edition
- Author
- Ager, Carolus [pseud. Charles Kellogg Field, '96]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- C. A. Murdock & Co., for the author
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1899
- Bookseller catalogs
- 1920S; Education; California; 1890S, Gay 90s, Gay Nineties; Palo Alto;
Terms of Sale
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
All books subject to prior sale Major Institutions can be billed. ALL BOOKS ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION OR BETTER UNLESS NOTED. All books returnable for any reason within thirty days of receipt.
About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Established in 1981 in San Francisco, we specialize in books and ephemeral materials related to the history of Labor and other social movements, including the struggles for Black and Chicano equality, the Gay liberation movement, Feminism, and Asian-American activism, as well as the Far Right. In recent years Bolerium has expanded into materials in non-western languages, especially from East Asia, and has also placed more emphasis on ephemera, with tens of thousands of original leaflets, pamphlets, and posters in stock. You can sign up for free email lists in our subject areas at www.bolerium.com. We are located in San Francisco at 2141 Mission, Suite 300 (between 17th & 18th St.). We're open by appointment only..
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- Cloth
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- FFEP
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- Title Page
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- Vignette
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- Spine
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- Top Edge Gilt
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