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The Old Spanish Missions, An Historical and Descriptive Sketch by Paul Elder
by Paul Elder
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- near Fine/Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company Publishers, 1913. First Edition. Publisher's Hardbound. near Fine/Very Good Plus. First Edition, Beautiful book, ultra clean condition, 90 pages nicely illustrated with collection of 50 tipped in vintage illustrations from photographs. vintage illustrated travelogue down the historic El Camino Real. quality printing with extra thick page stock and illustrative binding. Photos by Dassonville, Harold Taylor, A.C. Vroman, Harold Parker, Hermann Albrecht, Maude Jay Wilson and others. frontispiece of Mission San Miguel, Quarto: 11.25 inches in height by 8.25 inches in width. Book is near Fine, No previous owner bookplate or writing. Jacket is Very Good Plus, split along front panel and spine, small chips to head and heel of spine and light corner wear,, looks sharp in new mylar sleeve, publisher's prospectus is laid in. Exceptionally nice First Edition. California Missions, California History, Junipero Serra, Photography.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4027
- Title
- The Old Spanish Missions, An Historical and Descriptive Sketch by Paul Elder
- Author
- Paul Elder
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Paul Elder and Company Publishers
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1913
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
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About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
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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- First Edition
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- Heel
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- Fine
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- Tipped In
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- Spine
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- Bookplate
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- Jacket
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