THE ROMANCE OF THE EL CAMINO REAL 1937 California Landmark Kaloprint Suede Folio
POB#49517
TITLE: The Romance of El Camino Real : with authentic Kaloprints attesting to the period of construction (1769-1830), the period of depletion (1835-) and partial preservation of the historic California missions
AUTHOR: California Landmarks and Historical Records Bureau, Inc.
PUBLISHER: Los Angeles, Calif.: Kaloprint Corporation
DATE: [1937]
EDITION: Copy# XLIV (44) assigned to Elisabeth Dean Kelly, and subsequently donated to Occidental College, deaccessioned as a duplicate.
DESCRIPTION: 1 v. (unpaged), 25 plates ; 34 cm Each plate tipped on stiff card, with thick tissue cover, all overlaying a blank recto, with text for next plate printed on verso of the leaf. A small amount of text accompanies on facing verso. Father Serra, the mission buildings, manuscript documents, and Indian survivors of the missions
CONDITION NOTES: GOOD EX-LIBRARY but suede is brown, deteriorated and fraying. Interior and all plates in FINE condition. Wrapped in slipcase that contains litter.
BINDING: Full green suede with gold stamped title and personalized type. Thick rag paper leaves.
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A California history classic landmark collection produced during in the Federal Writers Period. Photographs of missions, padres, and California native Americans who labored at the missions and survived into the photography era. Many of these volumes are found in the cracked suede demonstrated here (see condition notes), with the present volume, probably better than most, except perhaps for the foxing.
Each plate tipped on stiff card, with thick tissue cover, all overlaying a blank recto, with text for next plate printed on verso of the leaf. A small amount of text accompanies on facing verso. Father Serra, the mission buildings, manuscript documents, etc.
