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CALIFORNIAN INDIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS
by Gifford, Edward E. and Gwendoline Harris Block
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1930. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. Very Good. Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1930. First edition (NAP). 9 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches: pp. 323. Maroon cloth covers with gold gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt, fore-edge and tail deckle-edged. 12 illustrations, index, fold out map.
Rubbing at corners, spine edges. Previous owner's name/town to front free endpaper. Some light scuffing, scratches to gold gilt on top edge. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Covers storytelling (esp. origin stories) plus stories about the dead, the sun and moon, coyote, monsters, stars, thunder, Yosemite, etc.
Rubbing at corners, spine edges. Previous owner's name/town to front free endpaper. Some light scuffing, scratches to gold gilt on top edge. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Covers storytelling (esp. origin stories) plus stories about the dead, the sun and moon, coyote, monsters, stars, thunder, Yosemite, etc.
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- Bookseller
- Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 336
- Title
- CALIFORNIAN INDIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS
- Author
- Gifford, Edward E. and Gwendoline Harris Block
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION (NAP)
- Publisher
- Arthur H. Clark Company
- Place of Publication
- Glendale, California
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- NATIVE-AMERICANS, California Indians; Leisure American Indians;
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Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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About the Seller
Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
Biblio member since 2021
Eugene, Oregon
About Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
Housing over thirty years of bookselling business within its virtual walls, Blackwood Bookhouse is a purveyor of quality used and rare books, committed to bringing you the finest products in tandem with superior custom service.
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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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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