Spanish Alta California
by Alberta Johnston Denis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +/missing
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: The MacMillan Company., 1927. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Good +/missing. Loren Barton. A good plus first trade edition. Olive cloth boards. Shelf wear to edges and mildly bumped corners (see photo). Endpapers toned. Previous owner's name pencilled on front pastedown. Deckled pages. Rear hinge split, mull intact. 537 pp. including index. Octavo. Alta California: A historical geographic region of New Spain, later Mexico, which today roughly comprises the U.S. states of California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1011
- Title
- Spanish Alta California
- Author
- Alberta Johnston Denis
- Illustrator
- Loren Barton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- missing
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Trade Edition
- Publisher
- The MacMillan Company.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, california, New Spain, Spanish Conquest, Native American, American Indians
- Bookseller catalogs
- Spanish Conquest;
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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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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...