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PEN-KNIFE SKETCHES OR CHIPS OF THE OLD BLOCK
by DELANO, Alonzo
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Custom Clear Mylar
- Seller
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Nevada City, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1934. First Thus. Cloth-backed Boards. Near Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (xxi), 80 pages. Limited to 550 un-numbered copies. First Edition Thus after the 1853 first edition. Illustrated from drawings by Charles Nahl. Frontispiece, twenty headpieces and four (4) full-page drawings in color. Foreword by G. Ezra Dane. Cloth-backed boards. Paper label with colored drawing and title by Charles Nahl on front cover. Paper spine title label. 8" x 11 1/4". Bookplate of businessman and writer D. L. James, featuring the James house "Seaward" (now owned by Brad Pitt) designed and built by Greene & Greene on the Carmel Highlands in 1918 on the front pastedown. One of the Second Series of Americana by The Grabhorn Press. One of the Fifty Books of the Year. From the title page, "A series of original illustrated letters, written by one of California's pioneer miners, and dedicated to that class of her citizens by the author." Delano became a banker in Grass Valley, held in such high esteem that flags were flown at half-staff when he died. A very slightly rubbed Near Fine copy, now in a custom clear mylar protective jacket. GB 204. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books via media mail to any United States address.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hardy Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1919
- Title
- PEN-KNIFE SKETCHES OR CHIPS OF THE OLD BLOCK
- Author
- DELANO, Alonzo
- Format/Binding
- Cloth-backed Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Custom Clear Mylar
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- The Grabhorn Press
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- Nevada County, Grass Valley, Nevada City, Gold Rush, Mining, Art, Humor
- Bookseller catalogs
- All Things Californian;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Hardy Books
Biblio member since 2008
Nevada City, California
About Hardy Books
Hardy Books is a rare and out-of-print book and ephemera seller located in Nevada City, California, in the heart of the California Northern Mines Gold Country. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) and follow the IOBA Code of Ethics.
Our specialties are Californiana, Western Americana, Books About Books, Fine Press, Original Posters and Movie books, photos and ephemera.
Our specialties are Californiana, Western Americana, Books About Books, Fine Press, Original Posters and Movie books, photos and ephemera.
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- G
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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