Click for full-size.
Sketches of Old Sacramento: A Tribute to Joseph A. McGowan
by Smith, Jesse M. (edited by); McGowan, Joseph A. (tribute to)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good+ (in mylar)
- Seller
-
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Sacramento, CA: Sacramento County Historical Society, 1976. Copy #35. Ink signature and inscription from Joseph A. McGowan on ffep. Immaculate and tight textblock and pristine blue cloth binding. Unclipped dust jacket, small tear on front top corner, small chip on front top edge, minimal shelf scuffing along edges of spine. 244pp., including index and list of illustrations.. Signed & Inscribed By Joseph A. McGowan. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good+ (in mylar). Illus. by Prints and Maps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SB9130
- Title
- Sketches of Old Sacramento: A Tribute to Joseph A. McGowan
- Author
- Smith, Jesse M. (edited by); McGowan, Joseph A. (tribute to)
- Illustrator
- Prints and Maps
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+ (in mylar)
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Sacramento County Historical Society
- Place of Publication
- Sacramento, CA
- Date Published
- 1976
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Joseph A. McGowan Biography, Sacramento Biography, Sacramento Sketches, Sacramento Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Clausen Books, RMABA
Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover/Novus, Checks, Money Orders, and Paypal. RETURNS: Satisfaction guaranteed. Return within 10 days of receipt if not as described. OVSEAS ORDERS: Shipped at cost. The biblio.com shipping template for orders outside the U.S. do not apply.
About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
Biblio member since 2006
Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
Established July 1, 1946. Member- Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association. Now exclusively on-line. Used - Old - Rare - Out-of-print - Antiquarian; CERTIFIED APPRAISALS * Visit our homepage at www.clausenbooks.com
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Collecting Nebula Award Winners of the 1970s
The Nebula Award has been awarded to stories in the Science Fiction and Fantasy genre every year since 1966. Learn about the winners of the 1970s!
Signed vs. Inscribed
Know what you are getting into when purchasing rare books, and learn the difference between signed books and inscribed books.
