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The Golden Road: the story of California's Spanish Mission Trail
by Riesenberg, Felix, Jr
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Spray, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine contribution to the influential American Trails Series, edited by A.B. Guthrie, Jr. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if lightly toned interior, minimal rubbing to extremities, bound simply in black cloth over boards, copper, teal and gilt publisher's devices stamped to front cover. Dust jacket present, protected in Brodart, but price-clipped and with chip missing at front panel. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Extensive prelims, 1-315 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Bookseller
- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 352985
- Title
- The Golden Road: the story of California's Spanish Mission Trail
- Author
- Riesenberg, Felix, Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Size
- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Felix Riesenberg, Jr. Western Americana American History U.S. history A.B. Guthrie, Jr. Spanish colonization California Catholic Church Catholic Missions
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana/Regional Interest;
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About the Seller
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- Brodart
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- 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...
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