FROM WILDERNESS TO EMPIRE: A HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA 1542-1900
by Cleland, Robert Glass, Ed. By Glenn Dumke
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/No Jacket
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1952,, 1967. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Jacket. Octavo, hardcover, ex high school library copy in red boards with tape marks from previous dj on cover. no dj now. 388p + index. Front hinge broken else good reading copy pocket and stamp. A detailed, readable history of California from its discoery in about 1542 to the turn of the 20th Century when the end of a definite era developed. It is the story of a little visited outpost of Spain's Mexican colony to the thriving land of cattle barons and silver kings.
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12939
- Title
- FROM WILDERNESS TO EMPIRE: A HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA 1542-1900
- Author
- Cleland, Robert Glass, Ed. By Glenn Dumke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York: Knopf, 1952,
- Date Published
- 1967
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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- Reading Copy
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.