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CALIFORNIA THE BEAUTIFUL. Camera Studies by California Artists with Selections in Prose and Verse from Western Writers
by Elder, Paul (Compiler)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No jacket
- Seller
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, (1911). First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2022/08/220710-pbs-16.JPG. San Francisco:Paul Elder and Company. (1911). 1st edition. (75)pps. Illustrated with 37 tipped in photographs. Hardcover. Quarter bound with corse cloth (burlap) and light brown boards with title in gilt to front cover and a paste down photograph, lightly soiled and shelfworn with wear along edges. Internally, an inked inscription to Inez from Edna and Porter Garnett to 1st free end-page, but otherwise pages clean and bright. The binding is tight and hinges intact. *Porter Garnett was prominent in west coast literary activities and fine printing, as well as co-founder of The Lark with Gelett Burgess.
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- Bookseller
- Parnassus Book Service
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26553
- Title
- CALIFORNIA THE BEAUTIFUL. Camera Studies by California Artists with Selections in Prose and Verse from Western Writers
- Author
- Elder, Paul (Compiler)
- Illustrator
- http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2022/08/220710-pbs-16.JPG
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company
- Date Published
- (1911)
- Keywords
- TRAVEL; CALIFORNIA; AMERICANA; PHOTOGRAPHS; LITERATURE; POETRY
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Parnassus Book Service
Massachusetts residents must add 6.25% state sales tax. Methods of payment: Visa, MC, Discover, Check. Postage. USPS Media Mail is $4.00 for first book, $1.00 for each additional book. UPS and USPS Priority will be at cost. Some books, as noted in offerings, will be at cost. Overseas postage will be at cost. All items returnable with prior arrangement up to 10 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Parnassus Book Service
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts
About Parnassus Book Service
Ben Muse began selling books from the former Knowles General Store in 1959. Now in our third generation, we are a famiy-run, general book store selling new and old (often rare) books as well as issuing specialty catalogs on a variety of subjects: Americana, Latin America, Maritime, Art, the Orient and a variety of other subjects. If you can't find what you are looking for here on the web, please contact us directly at our Yarmouthport shop -- or better yet stop by to browse and talk. We look forward to seeing you.
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Edges
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Cloth
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