The Contest for California in 1861: How Colonel E. D. Baker Saved the Pacific States to the Union
by Kennedy, Elijah R
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No
- Seller
-
East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1912. First edition, inscribed "To A. K. Dexter with the author's regards, Aug. 1915" on the half-title, but without author signature. Well-kept copy of this history of the American West during the Civil War, mainly California, with many details concerning the battle of Ball's Bluff, where General Baker was killed. Illustrated with black and white plates. Maroon cloth lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, frontis portrait, 361 pages. Some light edgewear and a little cover soil, good hinges, sound text block, pages very clean with no other names or markings, a few pages still unopened (connected at the outer edges) so probably never read; we will open before shipping upon request.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025596
- Title
- The Contest for California in 1861: How Colonel E. D. Baker Saved the Pacific States to the Union
- Author
- Kennedy, Elijah R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1912
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- CIVIL WAR AMERICAN WEST CALIFORNIA OREGON BALL'S BLUFF
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History and Biography;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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