Queen Calafia's Land, an Historical Sketch of California
by Elwood, Louie Butler
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press. Very Good. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Decorative paper covered boards are in good condition. Title in gilt on spine. Top and bottom have spine have slight bow to them. Corners bumped, edges worn. Paste down and page edges have toning. Letterpress. Mylar wrapped archival blue dust jacket is in very good condition. Sunning to spine. One of 325 copies printed. Queen Calafia is a black mythical muurish ruler. Item is a romantic history of California. An exquisite item. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 108 pp .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020268
- Title
- Queen Calafia's Land, an Historical Sketch of California
- Author
- Elwood, Louie Butler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Grabhorn Press
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- California, Western Americana
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Back of Beyond Books
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Moab, Utah
About Back of Beyond Books
Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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