Skip to content

Starr King in California

Starr King in California

Click for full-size.

Starr King in California

by William Day Simonds

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Good +/missing
Seller
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Gridley, California, United States
Item Price
$25.00
Or just $22.50 with a
Bibliophiles Club Membership
$4.00 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 7 to 14 days

More Shipping Options

Payment Methods Accepted

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Discover
  • PayPal

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

Reviews

(Log in or Create an Account first!)

You’re rating the book as a work, not the seller or the specific copy you purchased!

Details

Bookseller
Uncommon Works US (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;

Terms of Sale

Uncommon Works

90 day return guarantee, for up to 90 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. The authenticity of signatures guaranteed.

Please note: Large, heavy and multi-volume sets billed at actual postage.

About the Seller

Uncommon Works

Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Biblio member since 2014
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.

Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

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
In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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
Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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....

Frequently asked questions

This Book’s Categories

tracking-