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Price: US$63.75 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good condition. Folding facsimile of Costanso's map of California, woodcut portraits of de Galvez and Serra by Zena Kavin. Original linen backed pattern paper boards. Limited edition of 550 copies. Please reach out with any questions.
Seller: Arader Galleries of Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Decorative boards, light green cloth spine, printed spine label [xiii],64p. Two woodcut portraits by Zena Kavin; folding facsimile map. First edition One of 550 copies
Seller: Samuel Lasenby Bookseller, Corona del Mar, CA, U.S.A.
WATSON, Douglas, intro. Spanish Occupation of California: Plan For The Establishment Of A.. , 1934.
Price: US$82.50 + shipping
Description: WATSON, Douglas, intro. The Spanish Occupation of California: Plan for the Establishment of a Government. Junta or Council Held at San Blas, May 16, 1768. Diario of the Expeditions Made to California. San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1934. 1st ed. Tall, thin 4to. Illus. folding map. xii, (2), 62, (2)pp. Cloth-backed patterned boards with paper label. A fine, untrimmed copy. Limited to 550 copies.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$93.00 + shipping
Description: Limited edition of 550 copies. Folding map in facsimile. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. 63 pps.
Seller: BookMine, Fair Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fantastic book, with two panel copy of The Costano map. Limited Edition number one of 550 copies, 11.25 inches in height by 7.5 inches in width, No Jacket, Book is Fine and protected in a new mylar sleeve, beautifully printed, quarter bound with tan linen spine, nice paper label on spine, tan and orange pattered boards. Beautifully created with text in black headings in red, 63 pages, translated early Spanish documents, un-trimmed for and bottom edges, No previous owner bookplate or writing. A superb Limited Edition.
Seller: Pacific Coast Books, ABAA,ILAB, Gleneden Beach, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$99.99 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Quarter cloth with decorative boards, paper title label to spine. Limited to 550 copies. Fold out map, woodcut portraits. Slight toning to endpages. Unmarked, tight and square. The DJ in mylar is plain paper, with pencilled "II" and "2" to spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Watson, Douglas S.. THE SPANISH OCCUPATION OF CALIFORNIA. The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1934.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Plan for the Establishment of a Government. Junta or Council Held at San Blas, May 16, 1768. Diario of the Expeditions Made to California. Assembled for this book with an introduction by Douglas S. Watson. The "Plan" and "Junta" have been translated from the Spanish documents by Douglas S. Watson & Thomas Workman Temple II, & the "Diario" of Miguel Costano follows the translation of Frederick J. Teggart. Folding frontispiece map, wit portraits cut on wood by Zena Kavin and facsimile signatures. First edition, limited to 550 copies. Quarto. Original decorative paper-covered boards over a cloth spine, with a printed paper spine label. Internally crisp and clean. Light bump to the top corner of the front board; else fine or nearly so.
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: 62pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] 1/4 tan cloth over decorative boards with a paper label on the backstrip. In a plain orange jacket that has a few nicks to the corners and spine and some splitting at the folds. Very good/Near fine. Three separate documents that show the Spanish plans for the settlement and Christianization of Alta California in the eighteenth century. Nicely produced work from the Grabhorn Press. Fold out map frontispiece present. This book was printed in an edition of 550 unnumbered copies. Grabhorn 203.
Seller: Tschanz Rare Books, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 64 pages, 4to. No DJ. Limited Edition of 550 copies, printed and bound at the Grabhorn Press. Type is Franciscan, designed by Frederic W. Goudy, portraits cut on wood by Zena Kavin. Facsimile of map, fold-out, bound opposite title page. Shelfwear: light scuffing along edges and cover boards, light tanning and foxing on inside covers and endpapers. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Very Good condition.
Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$108.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This 7.75 x 11.25 inch, 63 page hardcover book is the beautiful 1934 printing of this title by the Grabhorn Press of San Francisco. This copy is in fine condition with the patterned paper covers over a grey cloth spine-strip with paper spine label all showing virtually NO time or handling wear or damage. The corners and edges show virtually no wear and the spine label is clean and firmly attached. The interior pages show no condition issues to mention with the impeccable Grabhorn artistry of design and printing resulting in a beautiful book featuring an eleven-page introduction by then eminent California writer Douglas S. Watson - - and then the printing of the earlier Spanish occupation and planning for California in the late 1700?s. The Grabhorn printing features untrimmed pages, a beautiful fold-out map, a wood-cut portraits of de Galvez and Serra by Zena Kavin - - and the use of red-and-black lettering throughout the text as attractive contrast and textual separation. This edition was printed in 550 copies with the binding done by the Grabhorn Press. 63 pages.
Seller: JDBFamily, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$112.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: One Of 550 Copies Finely Printed In Red And Black By The Grabhorn Press. Greenish Beige Cloth With Spine Label Printed In Red And Black; Boars With Design In Orange And Green. In The Original Plain Brown Dust Jacket With Hand Written Short Title On Spine. Book Is Fine, No Wear Or Damage Or Marks; Dj Fine, No Wear Or Damage Or Marks (Besides The Title). Scarce In Dj.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. One of 550 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Introduction by Douglas S. Watson. Small quarto. [xiii], [64]pp. Two portraits; folding facsimile map. Handsomely printed in red and black. Decorative boards, light green cloth spine, spine label. Spine ends lightly frayed. A very good copy. This interesting work brings together three different documents which reveal the story of the Spanish Occupation of California. The documents complement each other, giving a broader understanding of Spain's attempt to spread into California. [Grabhorn: 203].
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$132.25 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: xii, 62 S., 1 Blatt, 1 weißes Blatt. Großformatiger Orig.-Halbleinenband. Schöner Druck in der Franciscan von Frederic W. Goudy in rot und schwarz in 550 Exemplaren. "This edition consists of five hundred and fifty copies, printed & bound at the Grabhorn Press. The type is Franciscan, designed by Frederic W. Goudy for the Press, and the portraits were cut on wood by Zena Kavin." Nice, fresh copy. Ein schönes, gut erhaltenes Exemplar in einwandfreiem Zustand.
Seller: Antiquariat Rolf Bulang, Dautphetal, Germany
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 4to., (11 x 7 4/8 inches). Title-page and text printed in red and black. Folding facsimile of Costanso's map of California, woodcut portraits of de Galvez and Serra by Zena Kavin. Original linen backed patterned paper boards, printed paper label on the spine, uncut. Provenance: with the bookplate of James S. Copley on the front paste-down, his sale, Sotheby's New York "Magnificent American, Historical Documents", 10th May 2011, lot 1059. First edition thus, limited issue, one of 550 copies printed. Translated from the original documents by Watson, Thomas Workman Temple II, and Frederick J. Teggart, and including the "diario" of Miguel Costanso, who kept a record of the journey to Monterey and its occupation in June of 1770. Together these three documents "tell of Spain's final attempt to spread her culture and dominion in the Western Hemisphere; a culmination of centuries of effort rather than an isolated historical event. they form a capstone of priceless worth to an historic pyramid built up of adventure and romance, victory and defeat, exploration and travel, and the strife and warfare of nations and religions through the ages" (Introduction).
Seller: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, U.S.A.