The Golden Crucible; an Introduction to the History of American California: 1850-1905,... First Prize Essay, James D. Phelan Historical Essay Contest Held under the Auspices of the San Francisco Branch, League of American Pen Women
by Blake Ross
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good/good +
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1930. Limited Edition. 1/4 cloth. Very good/good +. A very good limited edition (1 of 1000 copies,regular edition on India antique paper) in a good plus dust jacket. Brown quarter cloth under green paper boards. Bottom edges worn. Binding is sturdy, tight, and square. Uniform toning to first free endpaper. Deckled pages. Dust jacket showing a scotch tape repair and loss on crown, inner flap, and rear edge. 97 pp. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1071
- Title
- The Golden Crucible; an Introduction to the History of American California: 1850-1905,... First Prize Essay, James D. Phelan Historical Essay Contest Held under the Auspices of the San Francisco Branch, League of American Pen Women
- Author
- Blake Ross
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Paul Elder and Company
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- pioneers, gold rush, california
- Bookseller catalogs
- California & the West;
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About the Seller
Uncommon Works
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Gridley, California
About Uncommon Works
Not your ordinary book store! Uncommon Works specializes in rare, odd, unique, and handmade books, with a focus on the Maya, Latin America, Native America, and the Spanish Conquest. You'll find rare, first editions and first or early printings. You'll even find a few first printings of living authors for sale. We provide services and referrals for book mending, repair, restoration, and binding.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...