THE EMIGRANT'S GUIDE TO THE GOLD MINES
by SIMPSON, HENRY I
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Custom Clear Mylar
- Seller
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Nevada City, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Haverford, PA: Headframe Publishing Company, 1978. First Thus. Leather-backed Marbled Boards. Near Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. 81 pages. Illustrated. Limited edition of 250 copies, of which this is #68. Folding vintage map of California and the Routes to it. Leather-backed marbled paper covered boards. Prologue and Epilogue by Franz R. Dykstra. Designed and printed by Henry Morris of the Bird & Bull Press. Bound by E. G. Parrot.Limited reprint of the 1848 first edition. A beautiful binding of an important early guide book. Cowan, pg. 589-90; Graf 3789. Pages 39-46 loose, else Fine and now in a custom clear 4-mil protective jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING via media mail to any United States address.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hardy Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2617
- Title
- THE EMIGRANT'S GUIDE TO THE GOLD MINES
- Author
- SIMPSON, HENRY I
- Format/Binding
- Leather-backed Marbled Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Custom Clear Mylar
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Headframe Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Haverford, PA
- Date Published
- 1978
- Bookseller catalogs
- All Things Californian; Overland;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Hardy Books
Biblio member since 2008
Nevada City, California
About Hardy Books
Hardy Books is a rare and out-of-print book and ephemera seller located in Nevada City, California, in the heart of the California Northern Mines Gold Country. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) and follow the IOBA Code of Ethics.
Our specialties are Californiana, Western Americana, Books About Books, Fine Press, Original Posters and Movie books, photos and ephemera.
Our specialties are Californiana, Western Americana, Books About Books, Fine Press, Original Posters and Movie books, photos and ephemera.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Marbled boards
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