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The Rose and the Robe: The Travels and Adventures of Fray Junipero Serra in California, 1769-1784
by Ted De Grazia
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Pacific Grove, California: Best-West Publications, 1968. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Signed Limited Edition Number 302 of 500 copies, In Celebration of the Bicentennial Anniversary of California 1769-1969 This Southwest Museum Commemorative Edition of The Rose and The Robe signed by the artist-author De Grazia, signed by DeGrazia in brown ink," hand numbered 302, California USA, 1968". Small folio 12.25 inches in height by 9.5 inches in width, un paginated approximately 100 pages heavily illustrated with color and black and white images from De Grazia depicting the travels and adventures of Fray Junipero Serra in California 1769-1784. Book is Fine, ultra clean quarter bound black cloth spine with bright gilt titles over antique white paper boards with facsimile signature of Father Serra. Jacket is near Fine with spine a tad sunned, shows nicely in a new mylar sleeve. An ultra clean and most presentable Signed Limited Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002351
- Title
- The Rose and the Robe: The Travels and Adventures of Fray Junipero Serra in California, 1769-1784
- Author
- Ted De Grazia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Best-West Publications
- Place of Publication
- Pacific Grove, California
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Father Junipero Serra, Mission History, California History
Terms of Sale
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Pacific Coast Books
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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- Sunned
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- New
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Cloth
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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....
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
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