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1930s Illustrated Fine Press Limited Edition Vellum Quarto, Catherine Coffin Phillips Portsmouth Plaza: The Cradle of San Francisco - 1 Book
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Title: Portsmouth Plaza: The Cradle of San Francisco.
Author: Catherine Coffin Phillips.
Publisher: John Henry Nash.
Publication date: Copyright 1932. …
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Title: Portsmouth Plaza: The Cradle of San Francisco.
Author: Catherine Coffin Phillips.
Publisher: John Henry Nash.
Publication date: Copyright 1932.
Origin: San Francisco.
Limitation: one of 1000 un-numbered copies.
Description: 464 p. 4to. Publisher’s Vellum hardcover, gilt title/foliate device stamped on spine cover, marble boards, text illustrated with 106 b/w plates (18 headbands, 88 illustrations), penciled ownership inscription on front free endpaper, lacks original slipcase.
Dimensions: 2 W x 8 D x 10.75 H inches.
Approx. weight: 4 pounds.
About the author and work: This remarkable 1932 first edition by fine press publisher John Henry Nash, written by another extraordinary woman, Catherine Coffin Phillips, whose writings about California history are foundational to our understanding of the people and investments that shaped late 19th/early 20th century California.
Catherine Louise Coffin was born in Oakland, Illinois, in 1872, into a prominent family whose American roots and resources began in 1642 when ancestor Tristram Sanborn Coffin sailed from England to New England, eventually purchasing the island of Nantucket.
Coffin was a woman ahead of her time, she sought higher education well before most women had access, earning a Bachelor of Arts from Southwestern College in Kansas in 1893 and a Master of Arts in 1895 from Indiana’s DePauw University, where she was also awarded an honorary doctorate in literature in 1937.
In 1895 Catherine Coffin married fellow Illinoisan and DePauw University alumnus Lee Allen Phillips, an attorney and insurance executive. Early in his career, he was responsible for some of the largest and most important land redevelopment projects in 20th century California.
Catherine Coffin Phillips was a human dynamo of a different sort, embracing the expectations of Los Angeles high society by joining clubs, boards, and charitable endeavors. And, oh yes, she also wrote five acclaimed and meticulously researched books on California history.
Two of Catherine Coffin Phillip’s books focused on San Francisco — 1932’s “Portsmouth Plaza, The Cradle of San Francisco” and “Through the Golden Gate, San Francisco 1769-1937,” published in 1938. The Catherine Coffin Phillips book with the most lasting impact, however, and the one most closely tied to Southern California, is 1935’s “Jessie Benton Frémont, A Woman Who Made History.” (Larchmount Chronicle)
This self-published work is about the history of California, focus on Portsmouth Plaza, San Francisco, as the epicenter. Outlined in a series of chapters from early California to the celebration of statehood, the book chronicles a record of events and people that support a claim of Portsmouth Plaza's historical influence upon local and regional socioeconomic affairs.
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- Dimensions
- 2ʺW × 8ʺD × 10.75ʺH
- Styles
- Traditional
- Period
- 1930s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Animal Skin
- Paper
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Off-white
- Condition Notes
- Very good; light wear commensurate with age and use (e.g. wear at extremities-rubbed board edges, vellum worn/rubbed at front hinge … moreVery good; light wear commensurate with age and use (e.g. wear at extremities-rubbed board edges, vellum worn/rubbed at front hinge edges, light age-toned pages), strong square spine/tight binding, clean text/illustrations. A nice copy. less
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