Watson douglas s intro (3 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Limited Edition. Hardcover with DJ. Green binding with green and gold labels on cover and spine in good condition considering age. Wear and discoloration on lower half of both covers and spine. Front and back end-papers and free end-papers discolored. Brown paper DJ present and in good condition, excepting some wear on covers and one larger tear on lower right edge of front cover. 56 pages. Copyright page dated 1932. Listed on a separate publications page tucked under front cover as one of an edition of only 500 copies. Contains several color reproductions of paintings relating to Johann August Sutter, including a large fold-out color reproduction. Also includes a facsimile of an original document written by Johann August Sutter in 1845 at back of book. Binding good and tight. Pages clean and square.…

Condizione: Good. 8vo. Blue Cloth on Light Blue Boards, 142 pp., Very Good, slight slanting. Tan printed paper label affixed to head of spine. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. This 7.75 x 11.25 inch, 63 page hardcover book is the beautiful 1934 printing of this title by the Grabhorn Press of San Francisco. This copy is in fine condition with the patterned paper covers over a grey cloth spine-strip with paper spine label all showing virtually NO time or handling wear or damage. The corners and edges show virtually no wear and the spine label is clean and firmly attached. The interior pages show no condition issues to mention with the impeccable Grabhorn artistry of design and printing resulting in a beautiful book featuring an eleven-page introduction by then eminent California writer Douglas S. Watson - - and then the printing of the earlier Spanish occupation and planning for California in the late 1700?s. The Grabhorn printing features untrimmed pages, a beautiful fold-out map, a wood-cut portraits of de Galvez and Serra by Zena Kavin - - and the use of red-and-black lettering throughout the text as attractive contrast and textual separation. This edition was printed in 550 copies with the binding done by the Grabhorn Press. 63 pages.…