Lick Observatory Mount Hamilton, Cal. Indelible Photographs.
by (LICK OBSERVATORY)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: A. Witteman, 1894. First edition under this title. Small oblong octavo. [4, title and text] and 20 full page photographic illustrations. All printed on rectos only and all captioned. Publisher's stiff cream wrappers stamped in a snakeskin pattern, string-tied in the Japanese manner, gilt cover lettering. A bit of soiling from being handled but overall a wonder, bright and clean copy. OCLC only locates 2 copies.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75383
- Title
- Lick Observatory Mount Hamilton, Cal. Indelible Photographs.
- Author
- (LICK OBSERVATORY)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- A. Witteman
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1894
Terms of Sale
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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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.
Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...