Guinn prof j m (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Collectible-Very Good. 1st Edition. Publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Splitting at front hinge, personal ink inscription on front fly paper. Also some ink markings on biography index. 742 pages with index of biographical names. The first 256 pages are a history of these counties in California, the remainder is a collection of biographical sketches of prominent citizens throughout the years, many accompanied by portraits on plates.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Second Edition. Leather. Gilt title.

HARDCOVER. Condizione: Fair. Hardcover edition. Typed copy of an autobiographical letter laid in from: William C. Carson, lumber magnate 1825-1912. 1500pp, thick leatherbound quarto, raised bands to spine, gilt titles to spine and front cover. Some scuffing to boards yet gilt titles clean and clear, wear to spine, backstrip splitting from book 3/4 of the way down front board edge yet backstrip remains solidly intact and secure, interior clean. …

Thick 4to. 742 pp. Numerous plates. Full brown morocco over beveled boards, gilt lettering on front cover, gilt lettering on spine, raised bands, blue & gilt floral pattern decorated endpapers, a.e.g. (minor edgewear, minor scuffing, minor bumping to corners, front hinge starting at lower fore-edge), still a VG- copy, w/ former ownership marking at head of title, couple leaves with annotations. First edition of this scarce history of California, with an excellent history of the state from its discovery, founding, growth as part of Spain, then Mexico, an Independent Republic, and finally as a United States Territory. The 100s of biographical records provide details of the notable Californians from the Central California counties.…