Search Results: California On Stone by Harry T Peters

New York: Arno Press Inc. , 1976. A study of Californian Lithography, illuminated throughout with pictures and illustrations. A very good copy in lightly soiled binding. . 32 x 23.5 cm. 227 pp. b/w and color plates.

PETERS, Harry T. California on Stone. N.Y., 1935. [Reprinted N.Y., 1976]. 4to. Illus. 227pp. Very good in orig. cloth.

NY:: Arno Press,. Very Good. 1976. Hardcover. 0405077041 . Illustrated. A reprint of the 1935 Doubleday edition. Some foxing to boards and edges, else very good in tan cloth. No dust jacket, as issued. ; 227 pages .

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1935. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. Limited, numbered edition, #428 of 501 copies. Lg. quarto. 226 pp. Nicely illustrated alphabetical list of the artists, lithographers, publishers and craftsmen who worked on California subjects together with notes on their work. heavy cloth covered boards, with beveled edge and cover illustration. Light rubbing to spine ends and corners. Ownership stamps on fly-leaf.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran, and Company. Very Good. (1976). Hardcover. 1976 reprint, 227 pages, #404 of 501, large tan boards with brown stamping, covers are slightly scuffed, otherwise contents are clean. Near Fine. .

New York: Arno Press, 1976. 1st Thus. Hardcover. near fine in cloth boards, no dj; a clean tight copy

New York: Arno Press, 1976. hardcover. 112 plates, several in color, 227pp., 4to, cream cloth. New York: Arno Press, 1976. Very good (+).<br/><br/> A facsimile reprint of the 1935 first edition, a study of 19th century lithography in California.<br/><br/>

Garden City.: Doubleday, Doran & Company., 1935. First edition, #501 of 501 copies. . Publisher’s tan glazed buckram over beveled boars, black cover and spine labels, top edge stained brown. . . Near fine, tiny chip at foot of spine, no dust jacket or slipcase.. 31.3x23.5 cm. . Original prospectus laid in, Heavy book, will require extra shipping. weight: 5.4 lb. 112 illustrated plates, a few in color.

PETERS, Harry T. California on Stone. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1935. 1st ed. 4to. 227 pp. Illus., portraits. Orig. pictorial cloth. Near fine. On of 501 numbered copies. Survey of the lithographers and artists who worked on California subjects or in California with notes on their work.

Garden Cit, 1935. [2],227pp. plus plates and facsimiles (some in color). Half title. Large, thick quarto. Original cloth. Near fine. Lacks dust jacket. In slipcase. From an edition limited to 501 copies, of which 451 were for sale. Chronicles the development of lithography in California. An excellent reference. HOWES P258, "aa." ZAMORANO SELECT 86.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Stated first edition, number 319 of 501 copies printed. Near fine in a worn slipcase, which has done its job admirably, with the exception of a slight darkening to the spine. Peter's survey of lithography in California, with many representative reproductions in color and black and white. 227, [3]pp. 12.5 x 9.75". As an oversize, heavy book this order will be packed carefully and may incur additional shipping charges.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1935. First Edition. 227pp. Quarto [31 cm] Tan beveled cloth boards with the title on the front board and backstrip. Near fine in a very good jacket, that has a few small chips. Housed in the original slipcase that shows minor wear and age toning. This edition was printed in a limitation of 501 numbered copies, this is copy 181. Important and definitive work on early lithography in California that contains 112 illustrations of lithographic plates. Included in the text are short biographical sketches of the most important artists or producers of lithographs of the day. Among them are J.D. Borthwick (Three Years in California, 1857); Edward Bosqui (Grapes and Grape Vines of California, 1877); Frank Marryat (Mountains and Molehills, 1855); and Bayard Taylor (Eldorado, or, Adventures in the Path of Empire, 1850). Zamorano Select: 86. Eberstadt 125: 180. Howes P258.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1935. First edition limited to 501 copies (this, no. 108), large 4to, pp. [2], 227; numerous plates in color and black & white; original glazed buckram, vignette on upper cover decorated in black, black gilt-lettered label on spine; near fine, without the slipcase, but including the original prospectus (laid in). From the library of famed actor and collector, Jean Hersholt with his bookplate and signature on front pastedown. A survey of California printmakers and prints from the beginnings of Califoria lithography to the close of the era of the single-stone print. Howes P258.

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co,, 1935. First edition. One of 501 numbered copies. Quarto. [vi], 227, [1], [2, colophon] pp. Numerous illustrations throughout. Publisher's tan buckram with bevelled edges, black-stamped cover and title labels, top edge stained brown. Overall, an excellent copy. "More than a hundred reproductions of early California lithographic views and 'letter sheets' with extensive data on the art of lithography and those who practiced it on the Pacific Coast. Here is the true flavor of the Gold Rush, as expressed by the picturemakers" (Wheat). Wheat, Gold Rush, 158. Howes P259. Streeter 4378.

1935. (CALIFORNIA). PETERS, Harry T. California on Stone. Garden City, Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1935. 1st ed. Large 4to. 227pp. plus many plates, some tinted, some colored. Orig. cloth, d/j. Fine. Limited to 501 copies. Lithography in early California. An important and beautiful study.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 501 numbered copies, 451 of which were for sale. 227pp. Glazed linen stamped in black on the front panel, spine panel stamped in black and gold, brown laid endpapers. An important reference work on California lithography. With 112 illustrations, some of which are in color. Printed on Aurelian laid rag paper. Illustrations printed by the Similitone Process by Zeese-Wilkinson Company of Long Island City. Very mild toning to spine else a bright, fine copy in fine slipcase. Howes P259. Streeter 4378. ; Quarto.

New York: Doubleday, 1935 First edition. Number 411 of 501 numbered copies. Quarto. 227pp. 112 plates on 99 leaves, 12 in color. Glazed linen stamped on front cover and spine in black and gold, beveled edges. Some ephemera pasted to blank endpapers. A fine copy with tape-repaired cardboard slipcase. The most extensive work on the history of California lithography and an essential reference. Peters has arranged the book alphabetically by publisher. He gives a history of the specific firm, known address or addresses and lists the primary lithographs produced. "Included in the text are brief biographical sketches of the most important artists or producers of the lithographs of the day" (Zamorano Select). The previous owner has pasted to the blank endpapers a few early Sacramento checks, letterhead of Sacramento's Buffalo Brewing Co., and a few wine labels. [Howes I: P-528; Howes II: P-259; Zamorano Select: 86]. .

Garden City, New York., Doubleday, Doran and Co. Inc.., 1935. First edition. Large 4to. 227 pp. 112 illustrations. No. 172 of 501 copies. Slipcase. Excellent.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1935. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -" To Ethan D. Alyea, Who helped with this volume as the acknowledgements show - With thanks & regards, Harry T. Peters". With laid in one page TLS on author's stationery with New York City letterhead, dated December 23, 1935 to Mr. Alyea - "My dear Ethan, I am enclosing you herewith a copy of 'California in Stone', together with your California Volume which you so kindly lent me. I am trying to return all the material I borrowed before Christmas to make the book. You will note that your book helped me in many places in the book. My notes only show that you loaned me this one volume, however, if you find in checking over that you lent me any others, kindly call it to my attention as I want to be sure to return all I borrowed and my notes may not be complete in the confusion. I hope you will like the book and enjoy it as much as I did in making it. Sincerely yours, Harry".… Read More

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