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California As It Is; A Reprint of the Edition of 1851 with Biographies of the Ancestors of John Hale 1637 - 1952
by Western Americana - Hunter, Thomas B. and Richard L. Wellington, Editors (John Hale)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Avon, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1954. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good. Quarto. (xxviii) pp of Preface followed by 42 pp of text. One of 150 copies of this limited reprint edition. Library number inked to lower spine, bookplate to front pastedown else a very good clean copy in patterned boards with cloth spine. Bump to lower front board. No pockets or other library stamps.
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- Bookseller
- Derringer Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15591
- Title
- California As It Is; A Reprint of the Edition of 1851 with Biographies of the Ancestors of John Hale 1637 - 1952
- Author
- Western Americana - Hunter, Thomas B. and Richard L. Wellington, Editors (John Hale)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Publisher
- Grabhorn Press
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Western Americana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana;
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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