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Three Years in California
by Colton, Rev. Walter
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New York: A. S. Barnes & Co, 1850. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 456pp. Octavo [19 cm] in decorative blindstamped green cloth with gilt spine title and cover device. In attractive modern slipcase of marbled paper over sturdy boards. The front pastedown has a previous owner's bookplate and the remains of a small label. The pages are lightly foxed throughout. The text block is sporadically cracked. The preliminary pages, including the frontispiece, have very light tidemarks. Complete. All plates present. With the Declaration of Rights in the Constitution of California (with a 5" closed tear). Wright Howes, 631. The George W. Soliday Collection of Western Americana (A Descriptive Checklist by Peter Decker), II, 233. Walter Colton served as the first Alcalde of Monterey, and was the co-publisher of California's first newspaper, "The Californian.
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- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55764
- Title
- Three Years in California
- Author
- Colton, Rev. Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- A. S. Barnes & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1850
- Keywords
- HARRISBOX13; FIX RECORD; WESTERN AMERICANA; CALIFORNIA; California; Walter Colton; Mormon content; gold; getman3
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We carry an ever-changing inventory of art, ephemera, maps, photography, and postcards in addition to a vast selection of used and rare books along with a few new books. We actively purchase and appraise books in all fields.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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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