Lake Tahoe, California.
by MACDONALD, Claire
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
[New York]: Privately printed fro Claire MacDonald, (1929). First edition. Octavo. 30, [2] pp. with 12 photographic illustration printed using the Aquatone Process of scenes around Tahoe. Publisher's photographically illustrated boards, gilt spine lettering. Minor paper lifting at front lower joint, some sunning. Overall, a very good copy of this early history of Lake Tahoe written by a resident.Inscribed by the author in color pencil on front endaper. Includes an original photograph (6 x 10 inches) of Brockway, Lake Tahoe, by Putnam & Valentine (with that information stamped on the verso of the photograph).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71279
- Title
- Lake Tahoe, California.
- Author
- MACDONALD, Claire
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Privately printed fro Claire MacDonald
- Place of Publication
- [New York]
- Date Published
- (1929)
Terms of Sale
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2012
Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- 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...