MINING CAMPS A STUDY IN AMERICAN FRONTIER GOVERNMENT by Shinn, Charles Howard - 1948

Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket. 1948. 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Fair dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers and the gilt lettering and decoration on the front cover and spine of the book have dulled slightly. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has large chips missing, along with edge wear, edge tears, wrinkles and general wear and tear. "Charles Shinn was a teacher in four counties in California from 1870 to 1876 and at Washington Corners in 1876. He was also a writer. In 1878, while teaching in Shasta County, he began the study of the mining district codes or laws of the 49ers and after. His most famous book, Mining Camps (1885) , was a result of field work there and in the Sierras. The emphasis of the German folk moot tradition espoused… Read More

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). xii, 316 pages of text including a bibliographic list of sources cited, and an index, followed by [viii] pages of publisher's advertisement. The title page has a small tear to the margin. The text is clean and unmarked. A previous owner's bookplate on the inside front cover: P.G. Wood U.S. Army. Palmer Gaylord Wood (1843-1915) served in the Civil War as Second (and later First) Lieutenant of the 7th California Volunteer Infantry starting October 28, 1864. He also served in the Spanish American War. First edition..