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California milestones, engraved by Cecil Wray Goodchild

Work
Publication
Extent
[7] leaves, [52] leaves of plates
Note
  • "Limited edition of one hundred copies"--Leaf [5]
  • Contains 52 wood engravings of scenes from California history by Cecil Goodchild, a self-taught artist--painter, engraver, wood block printer, etcher--born in San Luis Obispo in 1901, and later a resident of Glendale, Calif. in the 1930s. His prints document California history, beginning with prehistoric animals of the La Brea tar pits, Dark Age pictographs, and scenes of aboriginal life, through the arrival of the railroad and the invention of the airplane. Each scene is printed in black on a double leaf of beige tissue, and signed with the engraver's initials "C.W.G.". Goodchild also titled and signed each print in pencil along lower margin
  • Leaves [1], [6], and [7] are blank
  • Foreword by Rockwell D. Hunt of the University of Southern California on leaf [4]
Instance
Label
California milestones
Title
California milestones
Statement of responsibility
engraved by Cecil Wray Goodchild
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Cataloging source
LPU
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Label
California milestones, engraved by Cecil Wray Goodchild
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • "Limited edition of one hundred copies"--Leaf [5]
  • Contains 52 wood engravings of scenes from California history by Cecil Goodchild, a self-taught artist--painter, engraver, wood block printer, etcher--born in San Luis Obispo in 1901, and later a resident of Glendale, Calif. in the 1930s. His prints document California history, beginning with prehistoric animals of the La Brea tar pits, Dark Age pictographs, and scenes of aboriginal life, through the arrival of the railroad and the invention of the airplane. Each scene is printed in black on a double leaf of beige tissue, and signed with the engraver's initials "C.W.G.". Goodchild also titled and signed each print in pencil along lower margin
  • Leaves [1], [6], and [7] are blank
  • Foreword by Rockwell D. Hunt of the University of Southern California on leaf [4]
Dimensions
28 x 27 cm.
Extent
[7] leaves, [52] leaves of plates
Note
Spec. Coll. copy: number 4 of a limited ed. of 100 copies. Light wood-grained paper boards, with tan cloth spine; paper title label on upper board, with title printed in black "California milestones. C.W. Goodchild". Purchased on the Waters Discretionary Endowment Fund from John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, 2008.
Other physical details
all ill. (wood engraving)
System control number
  • (OCoLC)20073854
  • ucoclc20073854
Label
California milestones, engraved by Cecil Wray Goodchild
Publication
Note
  • "Limited edition of one hundred copies"--Leaf [5]
  • Contains 52 wood engravings of scenes from California history by Cecil Goodchild, a self-taught artist--painter, engraver, wood block printer, etcher--born in San Luis Obispo in 1901, and later a resident of Glendale, Calif. in the 1930s. His prints document California history, beginning with prehistoric animals of the La Brea tar pits, Dark Age pictographs, and scenes of aboriginal life, through the arrival of the railroad and the invention of the airplane. Each scene is printed in black on a double leaf of beige tissue, and signed with the engraver's initials "C.W.G.". Goodchild also titled and signed each print in pencil along lower margin
  • Leaves [1], [6], and [7] are blank
  • Foreword by Rockwell D. Hunt of the University of Southern California on leaf [4]
Dimensions
28 x 27 cm.
Extent
[7] leaves, [52] leaves of plates
Note
Spec. Coll. copy: number 4 of a limited ed. of 100 copies. Light wood-grained paper boards, with tan cloth spine; paper title label on upper board, with title printed in black "California milestones. C.W. Goodchild". Purchased on the Waters Discretionary Endowment Fund from John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, 2008.
Other physical details
all ill. (wood engraving)
System control number
  • (OCoLC)20073854
  • ucoclc20073854

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