The Romance of the Ranchos
Published by Title Insurance and Trust Company, Los Angeles, CA, 1941
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA)
AbeBooks seller since March 6, 1997
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 19.04
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
B&W Illustrations; This is a small format booklet with illustrated cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The book covers have some bumping, rubbing and wear. There are several spots of ground-in finger dirt. The bottom front corner of the book cover has a noticeable crease. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's name and address on the front inside cover of the book. There is a map adhered to the inside rear cover. The map is in mostly clean, bright condition, but has some beginning generalized toning. "Edmund Palmer Conner (1900-1975) was born in Norfolk, Virginia on January 1, 1900. He was one of three children of Charles S. Conner, a lawyer, and Theodosia Brown Conner. The family migrated west in 1901 and settled in San Diego, California, where Conner attended elementary school, later moving to Pasadena where he attended Pasadena High School. The Bunker Hill neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles, bounded by Temple, Figueroa, 6th, and Hill Streets, was once an opulent subdivision created exclusively for Los Angeles's upper class in the late 19th century. The neighborhood began to decline after World War I as its population surged and wealthy residents headed for more suburban enclaves. Mansions were subdivided and occupied by renters, and eventually blight set in. In the 1950s, the city of Los Angeles began to redevelop the Bunker Hill area through the Bunker Hill Redevelopment Project, which not only included the demolition of Bunker Hill and its Victorian mansions, but the reconstruction of the Civic Center area. " (from Online Archive of California).…
Seller Inventory # A46959
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Romance of the Ranchos
- Author
- Conner, E. Palmer
- Publisher
- Title Insurance and Trust Company, Los Angeles, CA
- Publication year
- 1941
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Binding
- Stapled wraps
- Edition
- 1st Edition; 1st Printing.
S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA)
Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
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S. Howlett-West Books was established in 1996, but the owner, Stephanie has been in the book business for over 25 years. Besides her full time work as a book dealer/compiler of price guides, she writes articles on the subject of Science Fiction for several trade magazines. She is a collector and reader of first edition science fiction in her spare time.
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S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA)
CA, U.S.A.
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