Philosopher Pickett, The Life and Writings of Charles Edward Pickett, Esq. of Virginia, Who Came Overland to the Pacific Coast in 1842-43, and for Forty Years Waged War with Pen and Pamphlet...
by Powell, Lawrence Clark
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine condition/Fine dust jacket
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1942. A beautiful copy. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($1.50). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp and unmarked. 1942. First Edition. Author's compliments slip laid in. Illustrated with 4 plates. Bound in the original gilt-stamped red cloth. From the dust jacket: "Charles Edward Pickett... came to California from Virginia in 1846… He took part in the provisional government of Oregon; he was at Sutter's Fort just after the Bear Flag Revolt, and in Yerba Buena when the American flag was first raised. He voyaged to the Sandwich Islands, whence he imported the first wool-bearing sheep into California. As a journalist in Oregon, he issued, in manuscript form, the first newspaper on the Pacific Coast, and later edited a printed newspaper, THE WESTERN AMERICAN in San Francisco.". First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. xv, 178pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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- Title
- Philosopher Pickett, The Life and Writings of Charles Edward Pickett, Esq. of Virginia, Who Came Overland to the Pacific Coast in 1842-43, and for Forty Years Waged War with Pen and Pamphlet...
- Author
- Powell, Lawrence Clark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley & Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1942
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana;
- Size
- xv, 178pp
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