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Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. 143 pp; 65 colored maps. Original suede-backed cloth, oblong folio. Some wear to corners, else Very Good. 'The book depicts contemporary maps of ranchos from the Mexican period. A beautiful book, designed by the Grabhorns and printed in an edition of 500' (6-Score #9). Zamorano Select 7. GHB 29; BCC 133.
Seller: Ted Kottler, Bookseller, Redondo Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Limited to 500 copies printed by Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem. A sequel to Becker's Diseños of California Ranchos (1964), "this work concentrates not on the land cases, as did the first, but on the map makers, some of whom remain anonymous. Others, however, like John Bidwell, James Alexander Forbes, and Abel Stearns, are well known." Prospectus laid in. Oblong elephant folio: 178 p. with 64 facsimile map reproductions (2 folding), of which 20 are in color. Original brown cloth-covered boards over a brown suede spine, with the title stamped in black. Light fading along the extremities; else near fine. Two Hundredth Book 133.
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Unpaginated, but 180 pp., 14.25 x 18.5 in. oblong, quarter tan suede, tan cloth sides, title stamped in black on spine. Opening initial, decorations, section headings, and printer's device in terra cotta. With 64 map facsimiles (20 in color). This is the sequel to Becker's Diseños of California Ranchos: Maps of Thirty-Seven Land Grants (1964). "One of the essential parts of the process of obtaining a grant of land in accordance with Mexican law was the diseño, or sketch map, which served to define the specific tract under question. Although it was once assumed that each petitioner prepared his own sketch, recent investigation shows that the majority of the more than 600 diseños produced in California was the work of a small, heterogeneous group of amateur, self-taught cartographers" (from the prospectus). And this work focuses on the map-makers. One of 500 copies printed on Ruysdael paper by Grabhorn-Hoyem. Prospectus and specimen pages laid in; also laid in is a huge Christmas/holiday card from notable San Francisco book dealers Antoinette and Warren Howell. Fine copy; prospectus is near fine (with some light creases). Grabhorn-Hoyem Bibliography 29; Two Hundredth Book [Bibliography of the Book Club of California] 133.
Seller: George Ong Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: One of 500 copies, oblong elephant folio size, [178] pp. The Book Club of California publication number 133, being a sequel to Robert Becker's earlier club publication of 1964 (no. 118). This time Becker focuses on the map makers rather than the land cases, some of whom were anonymous, others well-known, most notably John Bidwell, James Alexander Forbes and Abel Stearns. "During the printing of this book, the original diseños, on loan to the Press from The Bancroft Library, were deposited at night in a vault of the Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco" (N.B., from the BCC bibliography). Included in the Exhibition of Western Books (Rounce & Coffin Club). ___DESCRIPTION: Quarter brown suede and brown cloth covered boards, yellow endpapers, title, printer's notice and list of maps in terra cotta and black, opening initial letter, rules, decorations and divisional titles in terra cotta, index map in colour, sixty-four facsimile map reproductions (two fold-out) of which twenty are in colour; Centaur and Arrighi types (handset and monotype), machine made paper, oblong elephant folio size (14.25" by 18.5"), pagination: [i-xiv] [1-164], limited edition of 500 copies. ___CONDITION: A near fine copy, internally bright and free of prior owner markings other than the attractive Ex-Libris plate of the original owner, text block is tight with solid hinges, plates are clean and complete; faint strips of sun-toning to the covers, a small indentation to the top of the front board, a few light, stray soil marks, and a small spot of white to the back board; even with its few faults, still overall a near fine copy. ___CITATIONS: BCC 200, no. 133; Grabhorn-Hoyem Bibliography, no. 29. ___POSTAGE: Please note that this is an extremely large and heavy book, and therefore additional postage will apply. We are happy to ship at cost to both domestic and international customers, please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
Seller: Swan's Fine Books, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.