ASCENT OF MAN BABY ROLAND; Baby Roland Booklet No 2
by Hansen,George
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
San Francisco: Paul Elder & Morgan Shepard, 1902. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. hand made dec paper wraps with paste-down illustration, string-tied at spine, unpaginated, (24) pp., handmade paper endpapers. On August 9,1902 the New York Times printed the following item, " From San francisco is announced the appearance shortly of a series of photographs, with accompanying and appropriate verses under the general title of Baby Roland Booklets. The pictures and accompanying text are the work of George Hansen, a landscape architect of California, and tehir subject is Mr. Hansen's son, Roland Ott. The idea of the books is to give a minute pictorial details of the swift shades of joy and sorrow which go to make up the life of a little child. There will be over two thousand photographs in the series,which will be brought out periodically by Elder Shepard of San Francisco." A very unusual and interesting project. The work was printed by the Twentieth Century Press, San Francisco. Some minor toning at spine. Size: 4 to.
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- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 123431
- Title
- ASCENT OF MAN BABY ROLAND; Baby Roland Booklet No 2
- Author
- Hansen,George
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Paul Elder & Morgan Shepard
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- CHILDREN;S BOOK PHOTOGRAPHY PAUL ELDER FINE PRESSES PRINTING CALIFORNIA HANSEN GEORGE HAND MADE PAPER
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography; Americana; Children's /Juvenile's;
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Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
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Fredericton, New Brunswick
About Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
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