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Heroes of California: The Story of the Founders of the Golden State as Narrated by Themselves or Gleaned from Other Sources
by JAMES, George Wharton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
First edition, first issue ("published November 1910"; printers S.J. Parkhill & Co. Boston). Octavo. Over 80 illustrations. Original pictorial slate blue cloth, stamped in gilt, green, beige, and black, t.e.g. Ink signature of C. F. Thompson on the front free endpapers. Good (spine dull). No dust jacket. Cowan p. 308. Enduring Desert p. 129.
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- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 220421
- Title
- Heroes of California: The Story of the Founders of the Golden State as Narrated by Themselves or Gleaned from Other Sources
- Author
- JAMES, George Wharton
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1910
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- WESTERN AMERICANA
- Bookseller catalogs
- WESTERN AMERICANA;
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Houle Rare Books & Autographs
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Palm Springs, California
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