Name/Title
OUR ITALYEntry/Object ID
95.20.1.7Description
a) Book: "Our Italy" by Charles Dudley Warner (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891) Light olive fabric hardcover with dark olive coloring around spine. The title, author and seal of California imprinted in gold on the cover. Aged white paper with black ink. The text of 226 pages includes a table of contents, list of illustrations, some photographs, an appendix and index. There are 6 pages of advertising. Inside cover has personal library bookplate and there is a letter (b) taped to first blank page. Subjects include historical and biographical accounts of California before the turn of the century. The cover is somewhat worn and stained from use but paper quality still good. b) Letter: a thank-you letter on single sheet of white paper with black ink, handwritten by author. Paper and tape are brittle. BIEN FAIRE ET NE RIEN CRAINDRE/ MARGARET TRUAX DOUGANLexicon
Search Terms
Three-dimensional, Books, California--Description and travel--1869-1950, Voyages and travels--Guidebooks--California
