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A Journey to California, 1841, The first emigrant party to California by wagon trail, the Journal of John Bidwell
by Francis Farquhar (Intro)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Berekley, California: The Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. First Edition, 1964, Number 12 in the Bancroft Library Series. Book is Fine, 10.5 inches height by 7.25 in width, very clean publisher's plaid blue and brown cloth with bright gilt title to spine. Nice untrimmed and uncut foredge, introduction by Francis Farquhar with bibliography then two formats of John Bidwell's journal, No previous owner bookplate or writing, protected in a new removable custom mylar sleeve. A Fine and most presentable edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003216
- Title
- A Journey to California, 1841, The first emigrant party to California by wagon trail, the Journal of John Bidwell
- Author
- Francis Farquhar (Intro)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Friends of the Bancroft Library
- Place of Publication
- Berekley, California
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- Western Americana, Western Migration, California History, Explorers
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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- Fine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
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- Cloth
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