The Buyers' Manual and Business Guide; Being a Description of the Leading Business Houses, Manufacturers, Inventions, Etc., of the Pacific Coast, Together with Copious and Readable Selections, Chiefly from California Offices.
by PRICE, J. & C.S. Haley
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Francis & Valentine, 1872. First edition. Octavo. v, [3, tables], [4, chromolithograph ads for Heald's Business College], 192, 16 [ads] pp. Illustrations throughout (mainly of products). Publisher's blind-ruled purple cloth with gilt cover lettering. Some wear to spine extremities and tips but overall a very good copy, clean and tight. Contains much useful information of the business environment of the West Coast in the early 1870s as well some fine ads for various manufacturers. It also contains two first book appearances of Mark Twain pieces [BAL 3348] and other contributions by Ambrose Bierce and Brett Harte.
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- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72365
- Title
- The Buyers' Manual and Business Guide; Being a Description of the Leading Business Houses, Manufacturers, Inventions, Etc., of the Pacific Coast, Together with Copious and Readable Selections, Chiefly from California Offices.
- Author
- PRICE, J. & C.S. Haley
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Francis & Valentine
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1872
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2012
Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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