Grace s 1891 dawson (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. [c. 1938, this is the Young Moderns edition] 8vo. [13]2-304p. Frontispiece and title page black and white illustration, plus 10 other black and white full-page illustrations, as well as illustrated endpapers by Loren Barton. Tan cloth over boards with blue letters and decorations on the spine. Top edge stained yellow, fore-edge untrimmed. Just touches of wear to extremities, cloth clean and bright, all illustrations in fine condition, else near fine to fine with no internal markings. Dust jacket spine ever so slightly faded, the whole slightly shelfworn, price-clipped, else very good to near fine. Additional dust jacket title: Adventure and Frontier Life in the Gold Fields of California. Born in Keokuk, Iowa in 1891, Grace Strickler was an American poet and author. She began as a writer contributing poetry to many national magazines, subsequently renouncing the magazine field in order to publish books, beginning with historical novels set in California. Her juvenile novels contain authentic historical background and several others were also illustrated by Loren Barton. Dawson also published a juvenile history entitled CALIFORNIA: THE STORY OF OUR SOUTHWEST CORNER (1939). Loren Roberta Barton [1893-1975] was an American painter, water colorist and illustrator. Loren Roberta Barton [1893-1975] (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

Fourth Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 212 pages; Physical desc.: xi, [1], 212 p. : incl. front., illus. (incl. map) ; 21 cm. Notes: Maps on lining-papers. Subject: California - History. 1 Kg. …

Fourth Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 212 pages; Physical desc.: xi, [1], 212 p. : incl. front., illus. (incl. map) ; 21 cm. Notes: Maps on lining-papers. Subject: California - History. 1 Kg. …