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El triunfo de la cruz; a description of the building by Father Juan Ugarte of the first ship made in California
by Hittell, Theodore H., essay, Father Juan Ugarte, prefatory note by Oscar Lewis. Decorations by Valenti Angelo
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Fairfax Ca: Printed by Arlen & Clara Philpott [also ascribed to Grabhorn-Hoyem] for The Book Club of California, 1977. Hardcover. 26p., title page decorated with an invented armorial shield in four colors and gilt, initial text letter in red, six small line illustrations, one of 400 copies, signed by illustrator Angelo at the colophon. Hardbound in laid-lined grey-green paper over 8.5x5.5 inch boards, spine-titled gilt, is faintly sunned at spine, a very good copy. Publication No. 155. FYI, the clue that the Grabhorn-Hoyem firm involved themselves with presswork comes from a note laid into another copy we have seen.
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- Seller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 211159
- Title
- El triunfo de la cruz; a description of the building by Father Juan Ugarte of the first ship made in California
- Author
- Hittell, Theodore H., essay, Father Juan Ugarte, prefatory note by Oscar Lewis. Decorations by Valenti Angelo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed by Arlen & Clara Philpott [also ascribed to Grabhorn-Hoyem] for The Book Club of California
- Place of Publication
- Fairfax Ca
- Date Published
- 1977
- Bookseller catalogs
- California; Hispanic American; Agriculture; Shipbuilding;
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
All books subject to prior sale Major Institutions can be billed. ALL BOOKS ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION OR BETTER UNLESS NOTED. All books returnable for any reason within thirty days of receipt.
About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Established in 1981 in San Francisco, we specialize in books and ephemeral materials related to the history of Labor and other social movements, including the struggles for Black and Chicano equality, the Gay liberation movement, Feminism, and Asian-American activism, as well as the Far Right. In recent years Bolerium has expanded into materials in non-western languages, especially from East Asia, and has also placed more emphasis on ephemera, with tens of thousands of original leaflets, pamphlets, and posters in stock. You can sign up for free email lists in our subject areas at www.bolerium.com. We are located in San Francisco at 2141 Mission, Suite 300 (between 17th & 18th St.). We're open by appointment only..
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