Search Results: sutter of california a biography by dana julian

Halcyon House, 1938. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Halcyon House, 1938-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 2.0000 8.7000 6.0000.

The Press of the Pioneers, Inc., 1934. Hardcover. Good. .

Macmillan, 1936-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in.

MacMillan Company, 1936. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

MacMillan Company, 1936. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The Macmillan company, 1936-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 2.2000 8.6000 5.9000. Cover and edges shows shelf wear and minor tanning. Former owner's nameplate on the back of front page. Pages are clean and intact.

The Press of the Pioneers, Inc., 1934. Hardback in good condition. Some pencil writing inside. Foxing to book.. Hardcover. Good.

Pages 423 pp.8vo. Clothbound. Fourth prinitng, 1938. Black and white photographs throughout. Autographed by the author. Rockwell Hunt's copy with his bookplate. Minor chipping on dust jacket, otherwise good condition. Tape residue on boards.

New York.: Halcyon House., 1938.. Reprint.. Hardcover.. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear). . Octavo.. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

Halcyon House, 1938-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap.

New York.: Macmillan. , 1936.. Reprint.. Hardcover.. Fine copy. . Octavo.. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

New York: Press of the Pioneers. Near Fine. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine slightly sunned; Nice old bookplate; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 423 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Press of the Pioneers, 1934. xi, 423p., b/w illus., original red cloth.

MacMillan. Good/No Dust Wrapper. 1936. Hard Cover. Ex-Library (S55) .

New York: The Press of the Pioneers, 1934. Hardcover . Used - very good/Near very good. 8vo; 423pp. Textblock edges foxed, top edge also age-toned. Unclipped and lightly worn/rubbed dj now protected in a remvoable mylar cover.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. Reprint. Hardcover. Small scuff to spine foot edges, extremely little wear to spine foot, extremely gentle rubbing to corners, clean pages, tight binding, few tears and very modest wear to price-clipped DJ, else Near fine(-) in very good(+) DJ.. Teal octavo in black DJ, gilt to spine and front board, deckled edges, xi pages, 1 leaf, 423 pages, b&w frontispiece, plates, portraits, map; 22 cm. Biography, Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880. Sutter emigrated from Switzerland to the United States. For a while he was a trader in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In 1839, he journeyed to Vancouver, British Columbia, took a ship to Hawaii, and eventually another ship to California. Seeking land away from close Mexican control, he settled by the Sacramento River and established a farm. In 1848 gold was discovered at a mill he was building. His fort became a destination for many of those seeking gold. Eventually the newcomers squatted on his land, and he lost much of it. He moved to… Read More

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hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

NY: The Press Of The Pioneers, Inc., 1934. True first edition. Signed presentation from Dana on the half-title page: "To Potter Van Court, Cordially yours, Julian Dana 1934." John Augustus Sutter [1803-1880],is known for establishing Sutter's Fort in the area that would eventually become Sacramento, California, the state's capital. Although he became famous following the discovery of gold by his employee James W. Marshall and the mill-making team at Sutter's Mill, Sutter saw his own business ventures fail during the California Gold Rush. Thick 8vo., red cloth, stamped in gilt, in dust jacket; 423 pages. Illustrated.. Very Good (covers bright; contents clean & tight with very minor spotting endpapers); little wear d/j.