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LAND IN CALIFORNIA: The Story of Mission Lands, Ranchos, Squatters, Mining Claims, Railroad Grants, Land Scrip, Homesteads
by Robinson, W.W
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very good
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. A volume in the Chronicles of California series. Octavo: 291 p. with 22 textual illustrations. Original gray cloth binding, with red stamping. Small bookseller's label to the rear pastedown. The dust jacket is a bit sun faded along the spine, with some general shelfwear and two short tape mends to the verso; otherwise very good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76345
- Title
- LAND IN CALIFORNIA: The Story of Mission Lands, Ranchos, Squatters, Mining Claims, Railroad Grants, Land Scrip, Homesteads
- Author
- Robinson, W.W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley and Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- California, Western Americana, Mexican Ranchos, Real Estate, Land Grants
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
- Cloth
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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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...