California Gold: The Beginning of Mining in the Far West
by Paul, Rodman W
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1947. Scholarly yet readable study of the lives, training, labor conditions, and prospects of early western gold miners, covering the first twenty-five years of the phenomenon. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Scholar Allan Bogue's copy, with his pencilled name & a few notes on the front endsheets. Book shows light wear, corners & spine ends lightly bumped; jacket torn & chipped with a few scuffs; title page is a cancel (replaced by the publisher, likely due to a printing error). Text appears clean; xvi, 380 pages; index, note on sources, appendices, b/w plates & maps all present.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- w0402
- Title
- California Gold: The Beginning of Mining in the Far West
- Author
- Paul, Rodman W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- History, Americana, Mining, Gold Rush. '49ers, Forty-Niners, Economics, Labor
- Bookseller catalogs
- Metals, Metallurgy & Mining;
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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