Quarterly of the Society of California Pioneers
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, 1 page detached.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Society of California Pioneers. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, 1 page detached.. N.D.. Hardcover. Bound volume of the first twelve issues of Quarterly of the Society of California Pioneers, a magazine of early California history and settlement. Navy cloth with gilt-stamped title on spine and owner name (Major Bowes, possibly the 1930s radio personality) stamped on front boards. Contains Volume 1, numbers 1-4 (1924) ; Volume 2, numbers 1-4 (1925) ; and Volume 3, numbers 1-4 (1926). Annual indexes. Photos and history articles include such subjects as gold mining, biographies of early settlers, the Wimmer nugget, Pony Express, diary of an 1849 trip to California, early journalism, and other topics. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45190
- Title
- Quarterly of the Society of California Pioneers
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, 1 page detached.
- Publisher
- Society of California Pioneers
- Date Published
- N.D.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- California History, GOLD Rush, Major Bowes, GOLD Mining
- Bookseller catalogs
- The American West;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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