[Rarebooks] FS: Armenians in California, 1908-1918

[Bob Petrilla]

California, Fresno. Asparêz: zogovacow [tasnameaki art'iw] ; 1908-1918 [in
Armenian]. Frezno, K'alifornia: Tpagrowt'iwn Asparêz-i, 1918. First
Edition. pp: 320, (2) index; occasional full-page and text illustrations
from photographs and drawings, map in color showing the Armenian quarter of
Fresno. Bound in illustrated tan wrappers, cover tear repaired, some edge
wear to binding, clean inside. 11.5" x 7.75" Good . Original Wrappers.
The entire text is in Armenian, save two pages in English: one honors
President Woodrow Wilson and his Message to Congress prior to the
declaration of War against Germany (his message is in Armenian); the other
celebrates the Hon. Edward Little, the Kansas Representative in Congress,
"A great American Friend of Armenia." Both pages include portraits of the
two men. [WorldCat locates only one holding of this interesting book, at
the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich, Germany.]     (#037756) $250.00

Trade discount 20%, postpaid in US


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