Accession number
PML 251269
Creator
Weber, Francis J.
Published
Van Nuys, California : [Junipero Serra Press], [1985]
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Title page printed in blue and black.
"Printed by Richard J. Hoffman ... and bound by Bela Blau"--Colophon.
"The archivist for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles has issued this miniature book in honor of the bicentennial of the death of California's pioneer missionary. The essay includes something about 'California, the nation-state of the emergent sunbelt, the place where the rainbow ends.' Signed by the author. The frontispiece is a commemorative postage stamp issued by the Spanish government to honor Fray Junipero Serra. The portrait is superimposed on a map of California and a sketch of the bell tower at San Gabriel Mission."--J.P. Wightman card file.
Housed in box labelled Junipero Serra Press / Msgr. Francis J. Weber.
"Printed by Richard J. Hoffman ... and bound by Bela Blau"--Colophon.
"The archivist for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles has issued this miniature book in honor of the bicentennial of the death of California's pioneer missionary. The essay includes something about 'California, the nation-state of the emergent sunbelt, the place where the rainbow ends.' Signed by the author. The frontispiece is a commemorative postage stamp issued by the Spanish government to honor Fray Junipero Serra. The portrait is superimposed on a map of California and a sketch of the bell tower at San Gabriel Mission."--J.P. Wightman card file.
Housed in box labelled Junipero Serra Press / Msgr. Francis J. Weber.
Description
29 pages : illustration, portrait ; 48 x 61 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Author's signature in blue ink below colophon, as issued.
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman, with her bookplate.
Binding
1/4 red calf with red marbled paper boards; title stamped in gilt on spine.
Classification
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