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NATURAL HISTORY OF THE WHITE-INYO RANGE, EASTERN CALIFORNIA .
by Hall, Clarence A., Jr., editor.
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- Used - Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
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- (1991)
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- First edition -
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- 9780520068964
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Ione, California, USA
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£32.34
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Berkeley, CA:: University of California Press,, (1991). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. "The White-Inyo Range, rising sharply from the eastern edge of Owens Valley, is one of the most extraordinary landscapes in the world. High, dry, and amazingly diverse, it boasts an expansive alpine tundra… Read more about this item Item Price
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EYE OF THE BEAR: A History Novel of Early California.
by West, Naida.
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- Used - Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
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- (2002)
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- SIGNED -
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- 9780965348744
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Ione, California, USA
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£19.00
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Rancho Murieta, CA:: Bridge House Books, (2002). SIGNED -. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. 2nd printing. A large trade paperback. Although written after the author's River of Red Gold, this is set in an earlier era, around 1825. SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2005. Double page map. Glossary. 630 pp. Item Price
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THE MULE MEN: A History of Stock Packing in the Sierra Nevada.
by Jackson, Louise A.
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- Used - Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (crease on front cover).
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- (2004)
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- SIGNED first edition -
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- 9780878424993
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Ione, California, USA
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£19.40
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Missoula, Montana:: Mountain Press,, (2004). SIGNED first edition -. Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (crease on front cover).. First printing, a trade paperback original. A book which covers two hundred years, from the 1750s to the 1950s, of stock packing in the southern Sierra Nevada, the backcountry containing most of California's wilderness and national park lands -… Read more about this item Item Price
£19.40
CALIFORNIA FARM & RANCH LAW: California Practice Book No. 29.
by State Bar of California, Felix Stumpf, preface.
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- Used - Very good in orange cloth (marginal notations on a few pages)
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- (1967)
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- Hardcover -
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Ione, California, USA
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California Continuing Education of the Bar/ The Regents of the University of California,, (1967). Hardcover -. Very good in orange cloth (marginal notations on a few pages). Hardcover. A book published to accompany community educational programs for attorneys - this covers everything from general legal problems, like leases to tax issues and estate planning, zoning and water issues.… Read more about this item Item Price
£32.34
HOUSES OF GOLD.
by Campbell, John Carden.
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- Used - Good only in brown boards in a good dust jacket (some crinkling to the fore-edge of the first few pages, scattered underlining t
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- brown boards in a good
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- (1980)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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- 9780831071219
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Ione, California, USA
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£16.17
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San Diego: : Howell-North Books,, (1980). Hardcover first edition -. Good only in brown boards in a good dust jacket (some crinkling to the fore-edge of the first few pages, scattered underlining through p 10, previous owner's name, edgewear to dj, and a loss of approx 1/2 inch on part of bottom edge of front cover) . … Read more about this item Item Price
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CALIFORNIA'S HIDDEN GOLD: Nuggets From the State's Rich History.
by Pryor, Alton.
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- Used - Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
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- (2002)
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- SIGNED first edition -
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- 9780966005370
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Ione, California, USA
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£16.98
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Roseville, CA:: Stagecoach Publishing, , (2002). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. 41 stories of California's past ranging from 'The Ship of Gold' where treasure hunters found this ship and recovered $1.6 million dollars worth of gold including 5200 newly minted Double Eagle coins; a story of California's first… Read more about this item Item Price
£16.98
WELLS, FARGO DETECTIVE: A Biography of James B. Hume.
by Dillon, Richard H.
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- Used - Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
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- (2012)
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- 9781618097033
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Ione, California, USA
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£17.38
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Sanger, CA: : The Write Thought,, (2012). Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Trade paperback. Reprint of this biography of one of Wells Fargo's greatest detectives originally published in 1969. Originally a sheriff in California's Mother Lode country, Hume was among the first to use "scientific detection" in the west - including the use of a laundry mark… Read more about this item Item Price
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EMPEROR NORTON OF SAN FRANCISCO.
by Kramer, William M.
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- Used - Fine in purple cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine.
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- (1974)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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£60.63
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Los Angeles:: Westland Printing Company,, (1974). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in purple cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine.. Limited edition. Even in a city known for its characters, Joshua Abraham Norton (1818 - 1880) stood out - in 1859 he proclaimed himself "Norton I, Emperor of the United States" and later he added "Protector… Read more about this item Item Price
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A TASTE OF HUMBOLDT: An Historical and Ethnic Cookbook of Humboldt County, California.
by Cookbook Committee of Youth Educational Services; Gayle Karshner, editor.
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- Used - Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
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- (1987)
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- First edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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£31.93
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Arcata, CA:: Humboldt State University,, (1987). First edition -. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. Includes contributions by residents of all the diverse communities of Humboldt County from Eureka to Ferndale, Rio Dell, Samoa, Shelter Cove and more - and from the various ethnic groups from Native Americans to the… Read more about this item Item Price
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CALIFORNIANS: Searching for the Golden State.
by Houston, James D.
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- Used - Very near fine in a like dust jacket. (slight sunning to the spine, as is common with almost all copies of this title)
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- like
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- 1982.
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- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
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- 9780394505589
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Ione, California, USA
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New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1982.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dust jacket. (slight sunning to the spine, as is common with almost all copies of this title). First edition. Houston takes us through his native state, traversing its length and breadth, by car and on foot, through river valleys, forests, film… Read more about this item Item Price
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WEST OF THE WEST: Imagining California: An Anthology.
by [Anthology - signed] Michaels, Leonard; David Reid and Raquel Scherr, editors, Gary Soto and Maxine Hong Kingston, signed.
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- Used - Very good in illustrated wrappers (remainder line, minor wear to covers, small blacked out line on first page) Uncommon signed.
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- (1995)
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- SIGNED -
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- 9780520201644
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Ione, California, USA
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£23.04
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Berkeley, CA:: University of California Press,, (1995). SIGNED -. Very good in illustrated wrappers (remainder line, minor wear to covers, small blacked out line on first page) Uncommon signed. . Trade paperback reprint. Moving from the South to the North of California, this anthology contains both literary and non-fiction excerpts about the varied faces of California. SIGNED… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE TERRY-BRODERICK DUEL.
by Douglas, Carroll.
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- Used - Near fine in decorated pale grey boards with a red cloth spine, paper label on spine (bookplate, light toning to edges of boards
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- 1939.
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- Hardcover first edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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San Francisco:: The Colt Press,, 1939.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in decorated pale grey boards with a red cloth spine, paper label on spine (bookplate, light toning to edges of boards and pages, sunning to spine). Some pages still unopened.. First printing. An account of the 1859 duel which resulted in Broderick's death -… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE CALIFORNIA FEELING: A Personal View
by Beagle, Peter and Bry, Michael
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- Used - Ex-library but with relatively few markings ('discard' on rear endpaper, tape ghosts, signs of pocket removal) and overa
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- good only
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- 1969.
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- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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£28.29
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Garden City, New York:: Doubleday,, 1969.. SIGNED hardcover first edition - . Ex-library but with relatively few markings ('discard' on rear endpaper, tape ghosts, signs of pocket removal) and overall tight and clean in a good only dust jacket with several closed tears to the top edge and other wear.. First printing. Back in the late 60's, Beagle… Read more about this item Item Price
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A HISTORY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY.
by Ferguson, Jane.
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- Used - Fine in plain stapled white wrappers in an outer printed red wrapper.
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- (1985)
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- First edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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Nevada City, CA:: Harold Berliner, , (1985). First edition -. Fine in plain stapled white wrappers in an outer printed red wrapper.. First printing, limited edition. A limited edition chapbook with a brief history of the San Francisco library, plus a single page which reflects on the value of libraries in the Information Age, one of only… Read more about this item Item Price
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ALTA CALIFORNIA: From San Diego to San Francisco, A Journey on Foot to Rediscover the Golden State.
by Neely, Nick.
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- Used - Fine in illustrated wrappers.
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- (2019)
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- SIGNED first edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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Berkeley, CA:: Counterpoint, , (2019). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A chronicle of the author's "650-mile trek on foot from San Diego to San Francisco, following the route of the first overland Spanish expedition into what was soon called Alta California. Led by Gaspar de Portol in 1769,… Read more about this item Item Price
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KING, OF THE MOUNTAINS.
by [King, Clarence Rivers, 1842-1901] Shebl, James M.
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- Used - Fine in blue-gray cloth with gilt lettering.
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- 1974.
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- Hardcover first edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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Stockton, California:: Pacific Center for Western Historical Studies / University of the Pacific,, 1974.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in blue-gray cloth with gilt lettering. . First edition. An account of the life and work of this "gentleman geologist and mountaineer", Clarence King, explorer of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and First Director of USGS. Frontispiece portrait… Read more about this item Item Price
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WHERE RIVERS ARE BORN: The Story of California's Watersheds.
by Fox, Charles E.
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- Used - Very good in stapled illustrated wrappers.
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- 1951.
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- First edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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£19.00
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Sacramento: : California State Department of Education,, 1951.. First edition -. Very good in stapled illustrated wrappers.. First thus. Published as a supplemental resource to teach water conservation and environmental issues in schools, this is a comprehensive look at water as a source of electricity, major water projects (many still under construction at the time) and… Read more about this item Item Price
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ALTA CALIFORNIA: From San Diego to San Francisco, A Journey on Foot to Rediscover the Golden State.
by Neely, Nick.
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- Used - Near fine in illustrated wrappers (upper corner of back cover bumped).
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- (2019)
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- SIGNED first edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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£27.89
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Berkeley, CA:: Counterpoint, , (2019). SIGNED first edition -. Near fine in illustrated wrappers (upper corner of back cover bumped).. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A chronicle of the author's "650-mile trek on foot from San Diego to San Francisco, following the route of the first overland Spanish expedition into what was soon called Alta California.… Read more about this item Item Price
£27.89
A DEBONAIR SCOUNDREL: An Episode in the Moral History of San Francisco.
by [Ruef, Abe, 1864-1936] Thomas, Lately
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- Used - Near fine in very good dust jacket (tape repaired tear on back cover of dj, other minor edgewear.)
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- very good
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- (1962)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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£19.81
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New York:: Holt, Rinehart and Winston,, (1962). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (tape repaired tear on back cover of dj, other minor edgewear.). First printing. "The Flamboyant Story of Abe Ruef and San Francisco's Infamous Era of Graft. In the year 1906, San Francisco was rocked by two calamitous earthquakes. Nature… Read more about this item Item Price
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AS ORANGE GOES: Twelve California Families and the Future of American Politics.
by Lamb, Karl A.
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- Used - Near fine in dark blue cloth in a very good dust jacket (price-clipped, some edgewear to dj) .
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- dark blue cloth in a very good
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- (1974)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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- 9780393055207
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Ione, California, USA
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£23.04
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New York:: W. W. Norton & Company,, (1974). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in dark blue cloth in a very good dust jacket (price-clipped, some edgewear to dj) .. First printing. A study of twelve families living in Ramona Heights in Orange County - a section of California considered in the seventies as a "paradise for… Read more about this item Item Price
£23.04