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THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH : A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS COVERING THE YEARS 1848-1852
by Kurutz, Gary F
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in a Fine Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Fine Dust Jacket. xxvii, 771 pages. Color frontis, 31 plates. Blue cloth wih gilt design of gold pan, pick and shovel on cover, spine titles in gilt on black background with gilt border. Large thick octavo. Nice bright cover with very light edgewear. In the original plain white paper dust jacket which is in a mylar protector. Indespensible bibliographic sourcebook for the period.
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- Seller
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 74736
- Title
- THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH : A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS COVERING THE YEARS 1848-1852
- Author
- Kurutz, Gary F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in a Fine Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Book Club of California
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Bibliography, California Gold Rush, Books about Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana;
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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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...
- Jacket
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