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Dragoons On Trial: Los Angeles, 1847 -Famous California Trials 5: Famous California Trials 5
by Viola Lockhart Warren
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
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About This Item
Los Angeles, Dawson's Bookshop 1965. 84 pp. 5th in 8vol. series. Blue cloth board with gold stars pattern. Limited Edition of 250 copies printed by Richard J. Hoffman at Cal State L.A. in 1965 Inside pages in pristine condition: no foxing, yellowing, writing, highlighting or marks; no dog-earing, rips, or tears. Some fraying at the top of the first page. No dust jacket. Outside hardcover boards in very good condition with no dents and the binding is intact. Some wear along the spine and corners; mild shelf wear and fraying on top and bottom of spine.This book is in very good shape.(Please see pictures) Octavo. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Blue cloth, gilt stamped stars on spine and boards. Background: Colonel Mason, in command of the Tenth Military District, embracing California, introduced special military commissions to try crimes that did not come under the jurisdiction of the regular courts martial. The first use made of such commissions provides the theme of this little book. Two dragoon privates and the Negro servant of one of their officers were charged with stealing about $640.00 from an officer's trunk. Altogether the proceedings extended from August 20 to December 14. Mason probably found it easier to command the Tenth Military…(Synopsis Credit: The Lawbook Exchange Ltd.)
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- Bookseller
- Danapointbooksandart
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23-0528-7
- Title
- Dragoons On Trial: Los Angeles, 1847 -Famous California Trials 5
- Author
- Viola Lockhart Warren
- Illustrator
- N/A
- Format/Binding
- Library Binding, Blue cloth covered boards with Gold color star pattern
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1965 First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dawson's Book Shop, 1965, Los Angeles
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1965
- Pages
- 84
- Size
- 9.5"x 6.5"x.05
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- California History, Famous Trials, Legal history, Military Trials, 1847, Dragoons
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I specialize in older books, California history and esoterica, art and European History
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- Jacket
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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...
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