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Verlag: Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1968., 1968
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1st edition. 23pp, (5.25x8.5 inches). VG/Good. Hardback with dust jacket. Green boards, owner's gift inscription on half title page, otherwise book is clean and tight, corners sharp, no markings to text. Price clipped white DJ is very lightly soiled, has edgewear with tiny chips at ends of spine and a half inch chip top rear panel. The story of the first white child born in California, during de Anza's journey from Mexico.
Verlag: Northland Press, Flagstaff, AZ, 1968
Anbieter: Colorado Pioneer Books, Centennial, CO, USA
Verbandsmitglied: RMABA
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Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. (1968). 23 pages. A Christmas Story by Clarissa A. Hill taken from a true incident of California's first settlers. Found in Anza's California Expeditions by Herbert E. Bolton. Fine in dust jacket. (078).
Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Illustrated by L. Raven Hill (illustrator). Later Printing. Publisher's gray paper-covered boards, red lettering on spine and cover, color onlay on cover. Illustrated with five full-color, full-page plates by L. Raven Hill. The illustrator, Leonard Raven-Hill (1867-1942) was an English artist, illustrator and cartoonist. He studied art at the Lambeth School of Art and then in Paris under MM. Bougereau and Aimé Morot. He began to exhibit at the Salon in 1887 but moved back to London when he was appointed as the art editor of Pick-Me-Up. He also continued to work as a painter and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1889. In 1893 he founded, with Arnold Golsworthy, the humorous and artistic monthly The Butterfly (1893 94, revived in 1899-1900) but began his most prominent association with a publication when his drawings appeared in Punch in December 1895. By 1901 he had joined the staff of Punch. He contributed to many other illustrated magazines including The Daily Graphic, Daily Chronicle, The Strand Magazine, The Sketch, Pall Mall Gazette and Windsor Magazine. He also illustrated a number of books. In his later years his eyesight began to fail and Raven-Hill died on 31 March 1942 at Ryde on the Isle of Wight. Spine and covers mildly worn and slightly faded, former owner's name on ffep in elegant hand, else fine. VERY GOOD. Days with the Great Writers Series. Color Frontispiece and Plates. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 45, (1) pp.