SKETCHES OF SCENERY AND NOTES OF PERSONAL ADVENTURE IN CALIFORNIA & MEXICO. Foreword by Robert G. Cleland by M'Ilavaine, William
- Bookseller: Maxwell's Bookmark
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 27438
- Format: Cloth spine, marbled paper over boards
- Jacket condition: Plain paper dust jacket chipped and worn. Book itself is in fine condition
- Edition: Limited edition of 400 copies by the Grabhorn Press
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Book Club of California
- Place: SF:
- Date published: 1951
Description
SF:: Book Club of California, 1951. Limited edition of 400 copies by the Grabhorn Press. Cloth spine, marbled paper over boards. Plain paper dust jacket chipped and worn. Book itself is in fine condition. Reproductions of 16 lithographic plates.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
marbled paper : A decorative, multi-colored paper, sometimes used as end papers, or to cover the outside of a hardcover.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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