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A Beautiful First Edition, 1925, First Edition stated, Heavily Illustrated Comprehensive Study of California's Missions. 379 pages, Quarto: 11.15 inches in height by 7.75 inches in width, Top Edge Gilt, color frontispiece of Mission San Gabriel and 240 black and white plates photographs and illustrations including 24 line drawings. Three appendices with lists of the Missions and construction dates, Spanish and Mexican Governors, list of Padres. Also explores the historical background of Spanish Renaissance and Rococo architecture brought to California by Spanish settlers. Newcomb was a professor of the history of architecture at the University of Illinois. Original very clean publisher's blue cloth with a gilt stamped Mission vignette on front cover, bright gilt title to spine. Book is FINE, previous owner tasteful bookplate on front pastedown, hidden by jacket flap, no other writing, SCARCE dustjacket is near FINE, light sunning to spine and some on rear panel, no rips or tears, nice gilt on blue paper. Extremely clean first edition book in scarce jacket.
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