ELDORADO, or, California as Seen by a Pioneer, 1850-1900. (El Dorado).
by Shaw, D. A. (David Augustus)
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Los Angeles: B. R. Baumgardt, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Rebound to style in modern green buckram cloth, else fine. [16], 17-313 pp., frontispiece portrait of the author, 7 full-page illustrations; small octavo, later green buckram.
Inscribed on front blank leaf "With best wishes of the author. David Augustus Shaw." First-person account of the overland route from the mid0west to the gold fields in 1850. The narrative is followed by a history of the development of California over the following 50 years. Cowan p.580.
Inscribed on front blank leaf "With best wishes of the author. David Augustus Shaw." First-person account of the overland route from the mid0west to the gold fields in 1850. The narrative is followed by a history of the development of California over the following 50 years. Cowan p.580.
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- Chanticleer Books (US)
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- Title
- ELDORADO, or, California as Seen by a Pioneer, 1850-1900. (El Dorado).
- Author
- Shaw, D. A. (David Augustus)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Rebound to style in modern green buckram cloth, else fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- B. R. Baumgardt
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1900
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