California from the Conquest in 1846 to the Second Vigilance Committee in San Francisco. A Study of American Character.
by ROYCE, Josiah
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1886. First edition. Small octavo. xv, [1], 513, [1], [10, publisher's ads] pp. plus color folding map of California. Publisher's pebble-grain olive cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering, gray endpapers. Contemporary bookplate of the Richmond Library Association and with their stamp on the upper margin of the first page of the book. A beautiful copy of this classic California title.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71725
- Title
- California from the Conquest in 1846 to the Second Vigilance Committee in San Francisco. A Study of American Character.
- Author
- ROYCE, Josiah
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1886
Terms of Sale
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2012
Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
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