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Author: Leighly, John
Title: California as an Island
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:The Book Club of California
Date Published: 1972
Description:

Illustrated with 25 map plates, some folding; hand-colored title page vignette. 13¾x8¼", quarter brown morocco & pictorial boards in acetate jacket. Prospectus laid in. One of 450 copies printed by Robert Grabhorn & Andrew Hoyem.

A beautiful book containing a thorough examination of this fascinating period of California cartography.

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Light foxing to top front cover; near fine.

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California as an Island

Name: California as an Island
SKU: 108964092
Price: 475 USD
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