Pictures of Gold Rush California
by QUAIFE, Milo Milton (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons, 1949. Hardcover. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. 16mo. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering, rules and decoration. xlv, 383pp. Top edge gilt. Map frontispiece. Very good. Endpapers rather age toned, though otherwise near fine. Tight and bright 47th volume in the annual "Lakeside Classics" series of Americana reprints, keepsakes produced for customers and employees.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44499
- Title
- Pictures of Gold Rush California
- Author
- QUAIFE, Milo Milton (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- R.R. Donnelley & Sons
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1949
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Western Americana;
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...