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CALIFORNIA'S PICTORIAL LETTER SHEETS 1849-1869
by Baird, Joseph Armstrong, Jr
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Large quarto (14 X 10 1/2 inches) San Francisco: David Magee, 1967. One of 475 copies printed by Robert Grabhorn & Andrew Hoyem. 171 pages printed on heavy wove paper, quarter bound brick red leather with title in gilt on the spine, patterned paper over boards, hardcover - very good condition (minor scuffing at head and tale of spine from shelf wear, not affecting contents).
Illustrated with 60 plates - full size reproductions showing examples of California Gold Rush letter sheets - one facsimile is in a pocket at the rear of the book. Also included: a selective bibliography; an index of artists, engravers, lithographers, and publishers; and a subject and title index.
A checklist and census of artists and printers who produced "... thousands of vivid pictorial records on sheets of writing paper, (that) remain the major surviving visual account of California of that era....," both during and after the California Gold Rush.
"A . . . curious blend of local enthusiasm and topical recording ... (ranging) from rough, on-the-spot 'impressions' to studied photographic realism."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Caravan Book Store
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 824
- Title
- CALIFORNIA'S PICTORIAL LETTER SHEETS 1849-1869
- Author
- Baird, Joseph Armstrong, Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover - minor scuffing at head and tale of spine from shelf wear, not affecting contents
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- One of 475 copies printed by Robert Grabhorn & Andrew Hoyem
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- David Magee
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1967
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- California and the West; Americana; Fine Press; Limited Edition; California Gold Rush; California Printing; San Francisco; Grabhorn;
Terms of Sale
Caravan Book Store
Prices are net. All items subject to prior sale. Postage in most cases will be under $8 but can vary by weight and distance. California sales tax is 9.50%. Returns accepted with prior notice within 5 days of receipt at original purchase price, provided item is in same condition as received. Payment by credit card, PayPal (caravanbookstore@yahoo.com), or check drawn on U.S. funds.
About the Seller
Caravan Book Store
Biblio member since 2019
Los Angeles, California
About Caravan Book Store
For more than 65 years, we have specialized in rare and out of print books on the Western experience, satisfying a vast and varied clientele. Our focus is on early California and Los Angeles, represented by books, ephemera, paintings, and prints. Fine press, printing history, literature, gastronomy, aviation, railroads, and voyages are also available. Our store opened in downtown Los Angeles in 1954, and is now closed; but we are still available by phone, regular mail, and email. We issue occasional catalogs online.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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