Covered Bridges California by Morley Griswold (7 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 92 pages : illustrations, plates. Publisher's cloth-covered binding fresh and attractive, corners sharp; previous owner's signature at foot of front pastedown, contents age-toned but unmarked. The price-clipped dust jacket is sunned, particularly at its spine and adjacent portions of front and rear panels, with chipping and short tears to the head of its front panel. 740 grams.

Hardbound. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Description: The author's introduction explains his interest in the covered bridges of California, and touches on his methods of finding them. A few paragraphs are devoted to talk of covered bridges in general. Pictorial with historical record of construction. Following the introductory pages, pages 8 to 89 are formatted with text on one page and black and white photo illustrations on the facing page. Shows bridges at Honey Run Grade Road, Buck's Bar, Booth Run, Canyon Creek, Berta's Ranch, Zane's Ranch, Lawrence Creek, Maple Creek, Somes Bar, Knight's Ferry, Glen Canyon Road, Bridgeport, Oregon Creek and more. Printed by Samuel T Farquhar, University Printer. BINDING/CONDITION: charcoal colored cloth; the spine text is printed upside down (European fashion), but since there is nothing else printed anywhere on the cloth, this is a minor distraction; otherwise a Very Good+ book, with a Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. The jacket is not chipped to note, but is badly faded at the spine and the bordering areas front and rear. Gray endpapers. small 4to (10.75 inches tall). 92 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 92 pages : illustrations, plates. Publisher's cloth-covered binding fresh and attractive, corners sharp; previous owner's signature at head of front free endpaper, contents age-toned but unmarked. The unclipped ($2.00) dust jacket is sunned, particularly at its spine and adjacent portions of front and rear panels. 740 grams.

Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine (light spine fading) dust jacket (in mylar). 94 pps.

4to. [10], 92 pp. Photo illusts. throughout. Gray cloth, silver lettrng, w/ d.j. NF/NF copy. First edition of this excellent work on the covered bridges of California before World War II, many of them lost now to the ravages of development and the elements.

Hardcover. 1st. 4to. 92pp. Diagrams and maps. Many black & white photo illustrations. Fine (owner name and address) in very good plus dust jacket (wear to extremities with small loss along upper edge; short closed tear; rubbing to rear cover). Includes images and brief histories on existing bridges, trail and foot bridges and destroyed bridges. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request.