Early Printing in California from Its Beginning in the Mexican Territory to Statehood...
by Fahey, Herbert
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1956 First edition. Limited to 400 copies printed by The Grabhorn Press. Folio. ix, 142pp. 16 plates of samples; frontis portrait. Green and black two-tone cloth, red morocco spine label. A very fine, as new copy. An important and scholarly study on printing in California from the Mexican period (1821) to statehood, September 9, 1850. Includes a bibliography of imprints, list of newspapers, list of presses, and bibliographic sources. The classic reference. [BCC: 94; Grabhorn: 582]..
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- Seller
- Argonaut Book Shop
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 5389
- Title
- Early Printing in California from Its Beginning in the Mexican Territory to Statehood...
- Author
- Fahey, Herbert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Book Club of California
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- California History Printing Fine Press Books Bibliogrpahy Reference
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Argonaut Book Shop
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San Francisco, California
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The Argonaut Book Shop was founded in 1941 in the middle of the financial district of San Francisco. The Argonaut was a founding member of the Antiquarian Booksellers\' Association of America and has been a member in good standing ever since. The Shop is now located just three blocks from Union Square in downtown San Francisco and is open six days a week. Parking facilities include ample street space and a parking garage close by.
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