Item #43965 The TWENTY - ONE MISSIONS Of CALIFORNIA. Californiana / Missions, Edwin Deakin, 1838 - 1923.
The TWENTY - ONE MISSIONS Of CALIFORNIA.

The TWENTY - ONE MISSIONS Of CALIFORNIA.

Berkeley [San Francisco]: Murdock Press, 1901. 4th edition [cf. Weber p 22]. 8 unnumbered pages, plus plates. 21 b/w reproductions from paintings by Edwin Deakin. Oblong 8vo. 9" x 11". Stapled text block bound in light green paper-covered boards, lettering and decorative border stamped in dark green. Average wear; small loss to head of rear joint; toning to boards and endpapers; hinges strained/partially split at staples, though paper is still intact at fold. Interior otherwise clean and crisp. About VG. Item #43965

Uncommon in the trade. Weber notes of the first edition (1899), "This representative grouping of small black and white half-tones demonstrates 'nostalgic and sentimental visions deeply imbedded in popular imaginations'" (p 22).

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Price: $175.00

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