California Milestones

Cecil Wray Goodchild, Rockwell D. Hunt

Published by Bark 'N' Rags, Los Angeles, CA, 1931

About this Item

LIVRE D'ARTISTE, LIMITED EDITION suite of 52 woodengravings printed on ivory tissue laid paper by artist Cecil Wray Goodchild. Bound in veneer boards with cloth spine. Printed and published by Bark 'N' Rags Press, Los Angeles, CA. Edition of 100, with this being number 31. With a foreward by Rockwell D. Hunt, then the Dean of the University of Southern California. Original woodengravings are oencil signed and titled by the artist. Images of historical times in California from the prehistoric age (La Brea Tar Pits) to as indigenous tribe of the Los Angeles area to the arrival of galleon ships to the Gold Rush to the invention of the airplane (as a sign of the modern age). CONDITION: overall very good. Paper is clean and exhibits usual warping from the press that does not fully crease. Very light age tanning to sheet edges. Images are strong. Boards exhibit chipping on edges and corners and age tanning to edges; original label is intact but rubbed and lightly chipped. Spine cloth is intact but shows usual wear. Seller Inventory # ABE-1727476990113

Bibliographic Details

Title: California Milestones

Publisher: Bark 'N' Rags, Los Angeles, CA

Publication Date: 1931

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Signed: Signed by Illustrator(s)

Edition: Limited Edition