Victorian Classics of San Francisco

Book Description

Sausalito, CA: Windgate Press, 1987. First Edition Thus/Reprint. Hardcover. Owner signature on front pastedown, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows small scratch near head, else bright and clean. Black cloth boards, gilt lettering, marbled endpages, silk ribbon bound in. Oblong 4to. np [50 numbered plates, Intro, Glossary, Index plus text facing plates]. Illus. (b/w plates). Index. Originally published in 1888 as, Artistic Homes of California and noted for the 50 "artotype" reproductions. From the library of noted architect and writer on architecture, J. Sadler. Sadler was prone to marginalia and laying in clippings and ephemera related to a given book’s subject. The presence of marginal notes or marks will be noted above and are absent if not so noted. A very handsome copy.

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