CALIFORNIA: From the Conquest in 1846 to the Second Vigilance Committee in San Francisco, a Study of American Character. (American Commonwealths series, edited by Horace E. Scudder)
by Royce, Josiah
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Covers lightly scuffed, private library markings to spine, bookplate, upper corner of 2 front blank leaves clipped, oerall very
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Fort Bragg, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston and NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1886. First edition. Covers lightly scuffed, private library markings to spine, bookplate, upper corner of 2 front blank leaves clipped, oerall very good. Original olive-green pebbled cloth with titles in gilt, 12mo (5 x 7 inches), pp xv, 513. Frontispiece map printed in colors. (12)pp ads at rear. Gray coated endpapers Zamarano 80 #66, Cowan p545: "Considered one of the best authorities upon the events of that decade
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- Chanticleer Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20514
- Title
- CALIFORNIA: From the Conquest in 1846 to the Second Vigilance Committee in San Francisco, a Study of American Character. (American Commonwealths series, edited by Horace E. Scudder)
- Author
- Royce, Josiah
- Book Condition
- Used - Covers lightly scuffed, private library markings to spine, bookplate, upper corner of 2 front blank leaves clipped, oerall very
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston and NY
- Date Published
- 1886
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