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Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

First trade edition. 461pp. Thick octavo [24 cm] Orange cloth over boards with brown ink stamped titles and green ink stamped borders on the spine and front board. Good. There are large, but light damp stains on the boards, more so the front. The front pastedown has a couple of previous notations from former owners. The text block is cracked at the rear, and the pages at the end are nearly completely detached. Of the series California. With Facsimile Autographs of California Pioneers, Covered Wagon Babies.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good.

Hardback. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No d.j. 1st Edition. 381pp. Series "California". Facsimile autographs of California pioneers. Illustrated with 17 original woodblocks by Franz Geritz, and two maps. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. Illus. end-papers. Black faux- leather binding with raised bands. No inscriptions or wear. A nice copy.…

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good +. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good +. No edition or printing stated. Dust jacket is not priced and has archival repaired tears, some spine end wear and small corner chips now protected in paper backed polyester film. Book has orange cloth boards with black print. [ ],[ ], [12], frontis, 413 pages including 14 illustrations. Inscribed to previous owner on recto of front free end page by a Louis Sanchez with a reference to a "Gomez ranch" visit. Franz Geritz (illustratore). …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Deluxe edition of this important historical tribute to California with each volume signed by California pioneers, including members of the Donner Party, the Pony Express rider who carried to California President Lincoln's first message to Congress, engineer George Chaffey, many "Covered Wagon Babies" (children born on the trail to California in 1848, 1849, and in the 1850s), and many others. Limited to 387 numbered sets of the Deluxe edition specially for subscribers, of which this set is number 50. Los Angeles, CA: Powell Publishing Company, 1928-1930. Original full brown morocco, stamped in gilt with illustrations of California grizzly bears and mission bells, raised spine bands, two leather spine labels to each volume, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed, marbled endpapers. Overall, a very good set. All bindings are tight and sturdy. Shelfwear and rubbing mostly limited to the spines, with the spine labels chipped and worn. Internally clean and free of markings. Signed by Author(s). …