East of These Golden Shores. Architecture of the Earlier Days in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties.
by Bohn, Dave
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
San Francisco, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Oakland: Junior League of Oakland, and Scrimshaw Press, 1971 First edition. Of three thousand copies of this book, this is one of five hundred bound in cloth. Small quarto. 124pp. plus notes, bibliography and colophon. Profusely illustrated with black & white photographs. Brown cloth, gilt. A very fine copy. Wonderful photographs of pre-1917 houses, barns, wineries, schools, and more, with extracts from letters, interviews, etc..
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Argonaut Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6629
- Title
- East of These Golden Shores. Architecture of the Earlier Days in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties.
- Author
- Bohn, Dave
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Junior League of Oakland, and Scrimshaw Press
- Place of Publication
- Oakland
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Photography, California, Bay Area, History, Architecture, East Bay
Terms of Sale
Argonaut Book Shop
Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover Card, PayPal, Zelle, personal checks (drawn on U.S. funds) and International money orders accepted. Institutional purchase orders accepted. Postage & handling additional. We ship UPS within the United States unless another service is requested. International orders are shipped Airmail. California residents will be charged sales tax at the prevailing rate.
All items are guaranteed as described. Any item may be returned within seven days of receipt for a full refund of the purchase price provided the item is returned in the same condition as received. We will also refund shipping costs if the return was a result of our error.
About the Seller
Argonaut Book Shop
Biblio member since 2009
San Francisco, California
About Argonaut Book Shop
The Argonaut Book Shop was founded in 1941 in the middle of the financial district of San Francisco. The Argonaut was a founding member of the Antiquarian Booksellers\' Association of America and has been a member in good standing ever since. The Shop is now located just three blocks from Union Square in downtown San Francisco and is open six days a week. Parking facilities include ample street space and a parking garage close by.
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...
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Handling and Storing Books
Take care of your old books — vintage, antiquarian, and fine — with these tips from a professional bookseller
Collecting Books on NYC
This gallery is dedicated to some of the best fiction and nonfiction portraying one of the greatest cities in the world. We Heart NYC! Enjoy browsing these books on New York City.
