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A History of California: The Spanish Period
by Chapman, Charles E
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Macmillan Company, 1951. First Edition (5th printing) . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. iAuthor's third book on California's history, offers new material & attempting to locate the Golden State in relation to the continent of North America as a whole. In 527 pages with Index, map frontispiece + 2 additional maps. Orig. published in 1921, this is the Fifth Printing of that FIRST EDITION from 1951. Hardcover 8vo with green cloth-covered boards & red lettering to spine is in VG condition: very clean, binding strong & straight, front & rear hinges secure but cracked at half title page. Pages creamy white with mild tanning to edges. Former owner's information in pen inside front cover. Rubbing to extremities, heaviest at spine tips & all corners, which are bumped; light spotting to both boards. NO DJ. foxing. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021571
- Title
- A History of California: The Spanish Period
- Author
- Chapman, Charles E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition (5th printing)
- Publisher
- Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- CALIFORNIA SPAIN SPANISH SETTLEMENT FRIAR PADRE MISSIONS NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS HISTORY HISTORICAL MAPS GEOGRAPHY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Californiana;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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- VG
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