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A California Landscape (INSCRIBED)
by Lovelace, Jeff
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Monterey, California, United States
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About This Item
Arroyo Grande, CA: Garland Publishing Company, 1965. First Edition. Original wrappers. INSCRIBED by the author. Oblong 8vo. 64 pp. Black & white photo-reproductions of scenes in and around Santa Maria, California, along with prose text by the author. Introductory poem by John Matlack. Photo-illustrated wrappers in fine condition, with a hint of wear to extremities. An uncommon title, only 3 copies of this first edition found in online institutions. The author's first book, published when he was nineteen years old, was among the first of environmental photography and was hailed as "a plea for sensible value judgements by government and society" and "a tasteful, well-done piece of artistic literature..." (Rocq S2171).
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- Bookseller
- Carpe Diem Fine Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17288
- Title
- A California Landscape (INSCRIBED)
- Author
- Lovelace, Jeff
- Format/Binding
- Original wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Garland Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Arroyo Grande, CA
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- artist book; signed books; vandenberg air; sixties, Californiana, , , getmanjuly23
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About the Seller
Carpe Diem Fine Books
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Monterey, California
About Carpe Diem Fine Books
Carpe Diem Fine Books offers a discriminating selection of out-of-print, signed and unusual books in all fields – with an emphasis on the history and literature of California and the West. Proprietors James Bryant and Mary Hill have served an international clientele of private collectors and libraries since 1995. Their book gallery, located in a charming 1930's Carmel stone building just steps from the Robert Louis Stevenson House in historic Old Monterey, features a constantly changing inventory - from the classics to the unexpected.
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