The Irvine Ranch of Orange County 1810-1950 by Cleland, Robert Glass - 1952

San Marino, CA: Huntington Library Publications, 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Octavo. Shipped from the Calico Cat Bookshop, a brick and mortar bookshop established in 1975.

Huntington Library, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good. .

UsedGood. Second edition, 1953 on brown cloth. Text block firm and clean, binding unblemished, boards straight, without highlights or underlining. Without dust wrapper, mild tanning. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.

163 pages, illustrated, index. Hardcover; very good condition in a dust jacket with just a little wear.

San Marino: Huntington Library Press, California. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Original gilt-titled cloth. Inscribed to the ffep by Cleland to one Harry Welch, in the year of publication. Bookplate of Welch. Laid in is a letter from Welch's wife to one Mr. Kimes about her husband, who was apparently a writer. Some laid in newspaper clippings have offset to rear endpages. Pages slightly toned. The DJ in mylar has a few chips/tears. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; vii, 163. pages; Signed by Author .

San Marino, California: Huntington Library, 1953. Second Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Comprehensive history of the Irvine Ranch in Orange County, CA, which had remained in the hands of a single family for 80+ years (as of this writing, now 150+ years) & stretches over 93,000 acres. Materials are culled from ranch letters, books, & business records, newspaper files, personal documents & interviews, & secondary source material from local historical sources. In 165 pages with Index, black-and-white photos throughout. Orig. published in 1952, this is the Second Edition from 1953, issued in commemoration of the Third National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America, held on the ranch that July. With brown textured cloth over boards decorated & lettered in gilt to front & spine, this hardcover 8vo (6.5" x 9.25") is in Fine condition: just slightly less crisp than Brand New! Completely clean & bright, binding straight & strong, pages white with modest,… Read More

San Marino, CA: Huntington Library. A decent copy. Has a previous owners Santa Ana residents address on front blank endpaper. Signed in ink by Robert G. Cleland under his name on the title page. Signed copies are very scarce. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . VG or a Little Better. Brown Cloth Hardback. (1952) 1st Printing (NAP).. 1952.