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LAND OF FACT: A Companion to Land of Fiction
by Powell, Lawrence Clark
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0914421077
- ISBN 13
- 9780914421078
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles: The Historical Society of Southern California, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited to 500 copies. Signed by Lawrence Clark Powell on the half-title. An annotated list of thirty-six nonfiction books about Southern California. 12mo. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76098
- Title
- LAND OF FACT: A Companion to Land of Fiction
- Author
- Powell, Lawrence Clark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0914421077
- ISBN 13
- 9780914421078
- Publisher
- The Historical Society of Southern California
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Books on Books, Southern California, Western Americana, Bibliography
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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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