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The California Pioneer and Other Poems; [scarce and early California]
by Baldy, Lizzie F
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Sebastopol, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
San Francisco: Bacon & Company, Book and Job Printers, 1879. First Edition. Very good. 12mo [7.5x5in]; 159 pp.; Dark green cloth covers with stamped gilt lettering and floral design on front, blind stamped rules and floral design on front and back, dark brown clay end papers, all edges trimmed; Minor shelf wear and rubbing to edges, corners and covers, minor frayed edges to top and bottom of spine, closed tear with few white spots on front free end paper, minimal age toning to text, some tarnishing to gilt on front.
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Details
- Bookseller
- David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13302
- Title
- The California Pioneer and Other Poems; [scarce and early California]
- Author
- Baldy, Lizzie F
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bacon & Company, Book and Job Printers
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1879
- Keywords
- Poetry, California, California Pioneer
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure;
Terms of Sale
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
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About the Seller
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Sebastopol, California
About David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA is an online bookseller specializing in fine books, maps, publications, and ephemera related to Exploration, Adventure and World History with a focus on the Polar Regions, California and the American West. A particular interest is in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration from 1895 to 1920's. Other areas of interest are in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and a little bit of this and that.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
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