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california, 1954 hardback book and dust jacket in very good condition,spine is tanned,slightly damp stained. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Pages 146 pp.8vo. Clothbound. 1st edition. Black and white photographs throughout. Fine conditin, in dust jacket.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1954. First edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. pp. 146, index, glossary, illustrations throughout. ""Here recorded for the first time is the full story of the life and achievements of George Davidson, pioneer scholar, who, for more than half a century, played a dominant role in the beginnings of scientific activity on the Pacific Coast.""

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1954. [x] 146p., lightly chipped dj, tipped-in colored front., b/w illus. Davidson (1825-1911) was hear of the U.S> Coast Survey party along the California Coast, founder of the first astronomical observatory on the Pacific Coast, and professor of geodesy and astronomy at the University of California.

BERKELEY, CA.: UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA PRESS. VG/VG DJ LIGHTLY SUNNED AT SPINE. Pages: 146. . 1954. HARDCOVER.. PAGES CLEAN, BINDING TIGHT. DJ IN MYLAR WRAP. .

Berkeley. : University of California Press. , 1954.. First edition. . Decorated hard cover. . Fine copy. . Octavo. . Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

Bekerley, CA: University of California Press. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1954. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed, with a short inscription by the author, on the half title page. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but does have some light edge wear to the spine ends and corners and there is generalized ground-in dirt and toning, especially to the spine and spine joints. "George Davidson (May 9, 1825 – December 2, 1911) was a geodesist, astronomer, geographer, surveyor and engineer in the United States." "From 1846 to 1850, Davidson was occupied in geodetic field work, and in astronomy, serving in the different states on the east coast of the United States. In 1850, he went to California under the auspices of the Coast Survey, and was… Read More

Berkeley, CA: University Of California Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover in dust jacket. Green cloth boards, blue decoration with title, sharp and bright, fraying to spine top. Protected, price unclipped, dustjacket, is clean, age toning to edges, nicks and chips to edges. Book is firm in binding, tipped in frontispiece color portrait of Davidson, fold out map of US Western Coast, b&w photos throughout, clean interior. Map illustrated endpapers, front Cape Flattery and New Harbor (US coast survey) and back with Port Orford Ewing Harbor. A monography about the man who mapped the waters of the Pacific shoreline and was influential in devising navigational devices for Gold Rush ships. 146 pp. Including chronology, listing of Davidson's published writings, and index. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall .

Berkeley.: University of California Press., 1954.. First edition.. Hard cover. . Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). . Octavo.. Tipped-in frontis. Illustrated. James K. Moffitt book plate. Very scarce in this condition.

CA: University of California Press, 1954. Book. Near VG Plus. Original Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Book has minor wear. Dj has cover soiling. Inscribed by the Author on the half title page..