Starr King in California
by William Day Simonds
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +/missing
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company., 1917. First Edition. 1/4 cloth. Good +/missing. A good plus first edition. Blue cloth under parchment boards with gilt accent and gilt title stamping on spine. Rubbed joints and bumped and frayed corners. Water stain on front cover (see photo). Binding is sturdy and square. loss on foot of spine. Deckled pages, previous owner's name on front pastedown. Frontis mounted portrait. Page IX showing loss, likely from printer, at hinge, not affecting text. Light pencilled marginalia on a few pages. 4 preliminary leaves, vii-x, 105 pages, 1 leaf. 12mo, 5 1/2 x 8 inches tall. Contents:In old New England --California in 1860 --California's hour of decision --Philanthropist and preacher --In retrospect. Thomas Starr King (December 17, 1824 March 4, 1864), often known as Starr King, was an American Universalist and Unitarian minister, influential in California politics during the American Civil War, and a Freemason. Starr King spoke zealously in favor of the Union and was credited by Abraham Lincoln with preventing California from becoming a separate republic. He is sometimes referred to as "the orator who saved the nation." -- wikipedia
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Details
- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1028
- Title
- Starr King in California
- Author
- William Day Simonds
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- missing
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Paul Elder and Company.
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1917
- Keywords
- biography, civil war, California, secession
- Bookseller catalogs
- California & the West;
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Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- First Edition
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- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Leaves
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....