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West Winds: CalIFORNIA'S BOOK OF FICTION
by Whitaker, Herman, edited by [Jack London]
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1914. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Cream cloth with gilt stamped title on front board and spine. Paper illustration laid on front board. Illustrated with eight plates tipped in. Near fine with small pen notation on front pastedown in a very good moderately stained dustwrapper with a few closed tears. A collection of stories written by California authors and illustrated by California artists. Includes Jack London's story, "THE SON OF THE WOLF," with an illustration by Maynard Dixon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 359066
- Title
- West Winds: CalIFORNIA'S BOOK OF FICTION
- Author
- Whitaker, Herman, edited by [Jack London]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Paul Elder and Company
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- Anthology, WesternAmericana, Nature
Terms of Sale
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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- Tipped In
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- Cloth
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