JASPER O'FARRELL: Surveyor, Farmer, & Politician
by Mawn, Geoffrey P
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Introduction by Charles A. Fracchia. Edited by Robert J. Chandler. Tipped-in color frontispiece portrait, with eight pp. photographs. First edition, limited to 350 copies. "Arriving in Alta California in 1843, twenty-six-year-old Jasper O'Farrell (1817-1875) aborted a planned journey up the Columbia River and over the Rockies to accept an appointment as Surveyor General of land grants in what is now Northern California. His practice continued from Mexican to American rule. Under O'Farrell's direction almost all of the land grants north of San Francisco Bay were surveyed, as were the layouts for the cities of San Francisco, Benicia, and Stockton." Original printed tan paper-covered boards over a green linen spine, stamped in gilt. A fine copy in the original plain paper dust jacket.
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- Seller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 57380
- Title
- JASPER O'FARRELL: Surveyor, Farmer, & Politician
- Author
- Mawn, Geoffrey P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Book Club of California
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 2001
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Spine
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- Jacket
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