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The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California

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Sale 491: California & Its Ranchos: The John C. Broome Library (#491) 10/25/2012 11:00 AM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 10/25/2012 11:00 AM PDT

Lot #12 The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$100

Estimate: $150 - $250

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Title:

The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California

Author:

Atherton, Gertrude

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

Macmillan

Date Published:

1902

Description:

[8], 389 pp. 8 monochrome plates by Harrison Fisher. (8vo) original red pictorial cloth stamped in gilt, white, black, and gray. First Edition.

Lovely copy of the classic collection of tales of early California. Oval bookplate of John Broome, plus 2 others: Dan B. Miner and [Al]len(?) Knight. With a 1905 ink name on front free endpaper. Zamorano Eighty 1.

Condition:

Spine ends and corners bumped, spine head with a bit of tearing, light soiling; very good.

Item#:

231032

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