ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON'S SILVERADO JOURNAL
by JORDAN, John E
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near Fine/Custom Clear Mylar
- Seller
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Nevada City, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1954. First Thus. Cloth-backed decorated boards. Near Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. 168 pp. Illustrated from facsimiles. One of 400 un-numbered copies. Black cloth-backed reddecorated cloth. 11 1/4" x 8 1/2". Printed at The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco. Concerning Stevenson's stay in 1880 in an abandoned bunkhouse in "Silverado", a mining town near what is now St. Helena, California (Now Robert Louis Stevenson Stae Park). GB 557. Per Magee: One of the most ingenious books that the Press has printed. The original Journal was heavily corrected. These corrections and deletions have been indicated in red; where the author transposed one line from another this has been shown by means of rules bent to shape. There are also eleven inserts showing notes on the versos of theoriginal Journal. These have been printed on a lighter shade of paper...". A Near Fine copy (Spine title rubbed; slight edgewear), now in a custom clear mylar jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States Address.
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Details
- Seller
- Hardy Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 2582
- Title
- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON'S SILVERADO JOURNAL
- Author
- JORDAN, John E
- Format/Binding
- Cloth-backed decorated boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Custom Clear Mylar
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- The Book Club of California
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1954
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Hardy Books
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Nevada City, California
About Hardy Books
Hardy Books is a rare and out-of-print book and ephemera seller located in Nevada City, California, in the heart of the California Northern Mines Gold Country. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) and follow the IOBA Code of Ethics.
Our specialties are Californiana, Western Americana, Books About Books, Fine Press, Original Posters and Movie books, photos and ephemera.
Our specialties are Californiana, Western Americana, Books About Books, Fine Press, Original Posters and Movie books, photos and ephemera.
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- Fine
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