CALIFORNIA SCRAP-BOOK: A REPOSITORY OF USEFUL INFORMATION AND SELECT
by Shuck, Oscar
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- first
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- Seller
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Austin, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Twain, Mark [Clemens, S. L.] Shuck, Oscar, ed. THE CALIFORNIA SCRAP-BOOK: A REPOSITORY OF USEFUL INFORMATION AND SELECT READING. San Francisco: H. H. Bancroft, 1869. First edition. Original sheep, with original black label, gilt. Rebacked with original spine preserved. Text is very clean, crisp and tight. This title is invariably found in terrible condition or wholly rebound. A well-known anthology of newspaper articles, poems, fiction, sketches, essays, and miscellaneous works about California, including works by Bret Harte, John Ruskin(!), and Mark Twain (first printing of his description of the Azore Islands, later included in INNOCENTS ABROAD). Baird-Greenwood 2237. Cowan II:585. Howes S439. BAL 7244 (Harte) and 3315 (Clemens).
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- Bookseller
- Mac Donnell Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19291
- Title
- CALIFORNIA SCRAP-BOOK: A REPOSITORY OF USEFUL INFORMATION AND SELECT
- Author
- Shuck, Oscar
- Book Condition
- Used
- Keywords
- CLEMENS, S L , CALIFORNIA , HARTE, BRET , RUSKIN, JOHN
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About the Seller
Mac Donnell Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Austin, Texas
About Mac Donnell Rare Books
The owner of Mac Donnell Rare Books is a former rare book librarian and widely published bibliographer with more than 40 years experience in rare books. We maintain a fine rare book inventory of 19th and 20th century American and English literary first editions, association copies, and autographs, with a specialty in Mark Twain. We also offer qualified tax and insurance appraisals, and library development consultation.
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