Napa Wine: A Chapter From "The Silverado Squatters" (SIGNED by James E. Beard)
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Monterey, California, United States
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About This Item
St. Helena, CA: James E. Beard, 1965. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition thus. Inscribed by Beard at the colophon leaf. 12mo. 12 pp. Frontispiece photograph of Stevenson at the office of the St. Helena Star in 1880. Decorations by Mallette Dean. Introduction by M.F.K. Fisher. Decorative green paper boards over green cloth spine. A fine copy in publisher's tissue dustjacket (light wear to extremities).
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- Bookseller
- Carpe Diem Fine Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15545
- Title
- Napa Wine: A Chapter From "The Silverado Squatters" (SIGNED by James E. Beard)
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- James E. Beard
- Place of Publication
- St. Helena, CA
- Date Published
- 1965
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About the Seller
Carpe Diem Fine Books
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About Carpe Diem Fine Books
Carpe Diem Fine Books offers a discriminating selection of out-of-print, signed and unusual books in all fields – with an emphasis on the history and literature of California and the West. Proprietors James Bryant and Mary Hill have served an international clientele of private collectors and libraries since 1995. Their book gallery, located in a charming 1930's Carmel stone building just steps from the Robert Louis Stevenson House in historic Old Monterey, features a constantly changing inventory - from the classics to the unexpected.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
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- Colophon
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
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