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California Gold Rush Merchant The Journal of Stephen Chapin Davis
by Richards, Benjamin B. (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
San Marino, Calif.: The Huntingon Library, 1956. First Edition. First printing Fine in 1/4 brick red cloth and striped paper covered boards with a paper label on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". Without a paper dust jacket as issued, but protected by an acetate covering. 124 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with a facsimile copy of a map of "the Gold Region of California" drawn by Robert H. Ellis in 1850.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB28827
- Title
- California Gold Rush Merchant The Journal of Stephen Chapin Davis
- Author
- Richards, Benjamin B. (Editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Huntingon Library
- Place of Publication
- San Marino, Calif.
- Date Published
- 1956
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
Biblio member since 2009
Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
We purchase and sell only collectible first editions in a number of fields all focused on Americana. We are primarily mail order sellers; however, we are open by appointment and welcome visits from customers.
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- Fine
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- Facsimile
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 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....
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