SAN FRANCISCO OR MISSION DOLORES
by Engelhardt, Fr. Zephyrin, O.F.M
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago: Franciscan Herald Press, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A detailed history of the mission of Saint Francis from the discovery of San Francisco Bay in 1595 to the appointment of Joseph Sadoc Alemany as Archbishop of San Francisco in 1853. Octavo: 432 p. with 65 photographs, illustrations, maps, and charts, including one folding. Original brown cloth binding, with pictorial gilt stamping. A fine copy. Weber, F.: Select Guide to California Catholic History, p.33.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74253
- Title
- SAN FRANCISCO OR MISSION DOLORES
- Author
- Engelhardt, Fr. Zephyrin, O.F.M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Franciscan Herald Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- Western Americana, California, Franciscan Missions, San Francisco, Catholicism
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- 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...