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The Duke of Sacramento A Comedy in Four Acts by Warren Baer - WITH Scarce Dust Jacket
by BAER, Warren
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1934. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Arvilla Parker. Small 4to. Pp. (x) 77. With a history of the early San Francisco stage by Jane Bissell. With illustrations by Arvilla Parker. Bound in tan buckram over blue decorated cloth; printed paper label on spine. Except for slight, closed tear to fore-edge of title page, Fine in Fine dust jacket, which is unprinted, plain blue cloth matching the binding. One of 550 copies. Per the colophon, this is the first volume of the third series of Rare Americana reprinted by the Grabhorns. An especially attractive copy kept fresh by its dust jacket. MAGEE catalog #137 (declared a "a delightful book," but mis-ascribes the history of SFO stage to Jane Grabhorn). Clear, removable archival dust jacket protector has a handwritten label on spine.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 165
- Title
- The Duke of Sacramento A Comedy in Four Acts by Warren Baer - WITH Scarce Dust Jacket
- Author
- BAER, Warren
- Illustrator
- Arvilla Parker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Grabhorn Press
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1934
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Press;
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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