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THE STORMY LIFE OF MAJOR WM. GOUVERNEUR MORRIS IN CALIFORNIA AND ALASKA
by Shumate, Albert
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0910312575
- ISBN 13
- 9780910312578
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: The California Historical Society, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 137 p. With a foreword by Richard Dillon. 12 illustrations. First edition, limited to 500 copies. Presentation copy, inscribed by Shumate on the half-title to distinguished Southern California historian Doyce B. Nunis, Jr.: "For Doyce Nunis[,] California's most eminent historian[.] With best wishes[,] Al Shumate". Octavo. Original orange cloth binding, with gilt titles. A near fine copy in a bright and glossy dust jacket. Inscribed by Author.
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- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61834
- Title
- THE STORMY LIFE OF MAJOR WM. GOUVERNEUR MORRIS IN CALIFORNIA AND ALASKA
- Author
- Shumate, Albert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0910312575
- ISBN 13
- 9780910312578
- Publisher
- The California Historical Society
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1993
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
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