CALIFORNIA SKETCHES WITH RECOLLECTIONS OF THE GOLD MINES by Kip, Leonard - 1946

Los Angeles: N. A. Kovach, 1946. Second Edition . Hard Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. California Centennial Series reprint. Very clean and unworn in red cloth (gilt decoration)

Los Angeles: N.A.Kovach, 1946. California Centennial Series #1.Introduction by Lyle H. Wright. Cloth with gilt design & lettering. Limited to 750 copies. Reprint from rare 1850 ed. 58 pp. DJ's spine small crease, otherwise is VG+. Howes K174, Sabin 37946, Wheat. .Extremely rare item of Californiana.. Limited. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. Illus. by 8 historical Plates. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". California.

Los Angeles.: N.A. Kovach., 1946.. First edition.. Hardcover.. Fine copy in near fine (very edge sunning) dust jacket (in mylar).. Octavo.. Illustrated. Very scarce in this condition.

Oklahoma Cit, 1932. 308pp. Frontis. Photos. Cloth. Fine. In chipped dust jacket. A biography of the Oklahoma governor.

Los Angeles: N.A. Kovach, 1946. First Thus . Cloth. Fine/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 58pp. Errata slip tipped in opposite colophon. 1/750 copies. Howes K-174; Graff: "an informative and valuable work". Dj with large tear on rear panel that has been repaired internally with tape. In Mylar protector.

Los Angeles: N.A. Kovac, 1946. Hardcover. fine/fine. Introduction by Lyle H. Wright. Volume I of the California Centennial Series, limited to 750 copies. Reprint of Wheat 119 shich was first published in 1850.

Los Angeles.: N.A. Kovach., 1946.. First edition.. Hardcover.. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). . Octavo.. Illustrated. Important reference work. Errata slip laid in. Very scarce in this condition.

Hardback. New.

Los Angeles, CA: N. A. Kovach, 1946. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo. Limited edition. Sunned spine. Dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve. Previous owner's stamp on the first free end paper. Shipped from the Calico Cat Bookshop, a brick and mortar bookshop established in 1975.

Los Angeles, N. A. Kovach, 1946. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 58 pages; Description: 2 p. L. , vii-xi, [1] p. , 2 l. , 58, [2] p. Plates, map, facsim. 23 cm. Series: California centennial series. Subjects: Gold mines and mining. Law --Political aspects. Mines and mineral resources. California --Description and travel. Summary: Leonard Kip (1826-1906), a young Albany lawyer, sailed for California in 1849. On his return east in 1850, Kip resumed the practice of law in Albany and published stories, articles, and novels. California sketches (1946) reprints accounts of his adventures that Kip sent home for newspaper publication and that were published as a pamphlet in 1850. The eight chapters describe his arrival in San Francisco, journey through Stockton to two months of gold-mining on the… Read More