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Recollections of Pioneer Work in California
by Woods, Rev. James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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GRASS VALLEY, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Joseph Winterburn & Co.. Very Good. 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-Pacific Union Club Library with their bookplate tipped in on front pastedown. No other library markings save for small call numbers on verso of title page in pencil and a four digit number in pen. Very light wear to covers, mainly at corner tips and edges. ; Green cloth lettered in gilt. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 260 pages; "The writer was one of three ministers which formed the first Presbytery (O. S. ) in California. He preached the first installation sermon ever preached in California. He was the first Moderator of the Synod on the Pacific Coast." [from the author's Preface] .
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- Bookseller
- G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10465
- Title
- Recollections of Pioneer Work in California
- Author
- Woods, Rev. James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Joseph Winterburn & Co.
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1878
- Keywords
- Western Americana, CALIFORNIA, MEMOIRS, RELIGION
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G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA
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GRASS VALLEY, California
About G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA
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