Wenzel Caroline Introductory Note (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. One of 300 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom at the Castle Press. Original publisher's rust-brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. A few pages unopened. 10" x 12 1/2." Pages xiv, 1-135, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. List of Illustrations in front. Introductory Note by Caroline Wenzel. Index in back. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for browning on endpapers and light age toning throughout. Covers are virtually pristine and intact except for slight lean in the binding toward the fore-edge. A Near Fine copy. Publication No. 4 of the Sacramento Book Collectors Club (SBCC). This is a reprint of the 1855 edition of Sacramento Illustrated which was originally published by Barber & Baker, a Sacramento-based publishing firm that was founded by Edmund Lorenzo Barber (c. 1808-1870) and George Holbrook Baker (1827-1906). Barber & Baker's Sacramento Illustrated contained an early history of Sacramento and thirty-three wood engravings depicting scenes in and around Sacramento in the 1850s. Back colophon: "300 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom at the Castle Press in Pasadena, California, January 1950.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. "300 copies printed" stated. Date on title page. Near fine hardback. No dust jacket. A bold 23 word gifter's inscription (7 inch by 4 inch) on first blank page. Only trivial, if any additional signs of age/wear/previous use.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition. Limited to 300 copies; covers have very slight bow, some rubbing to edges of covers w/couple tiny tears, little bit of rubbing to couple gilt letters on spine, library's name embossed on title page, light glue residue from pocket removal inside front cover, pages lightly toning; illustrated; 135 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Original rust/brown cloth gilt, patterned eps, rust colored topstain. Reprint of the 1855 edition. Limited to 300 copies. PO name and date to title page. One tiny bump to top edge. In the scarce plain brown paper DJ with slight chipping; PO name to front flap. Clear acetate cover. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; xiv, 135,[1] pages.…