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Villains and Vigilantes: The Story of James King of William and Pioneer Justice in California
by Stanton A. Coblentz
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine+/Near Fine
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
Book about vigilantes and mob justice just after the California Gold Rush in 1849 during the 1850's. According to the blurb, James King is an overlooked character of American history, as the instigator of one of the more notorious vigilante groups in the west.
Villains and Vigilantes The Story of James King of William and Pioneer Justice in California by Stanton A. Coblentz Hardcover First Edition - First Printing Wilson-Erikson 1936. Cover price still intact: $3.00. Illustrated with 8 illustrations/pictures, including the frontispiece. Most of the illustrations depict the so-called Vigilance Committee enacting their raison d'etre.
Near Fine+ in Near Fine Dust Jacket, very clean, pages clean, just a slight creasing to the upper right-hand corners of the pages, not really serious, and a bump to upper right-hand front board. Dust jacket is complete with an amateur repair to the back near the spine, and typical nicks to corners, but all there essentially. Not often found in a jacket of this condition. Priced to sell.
NOTE: All modern books with dustjackets come with dustjacket covers.
ALSO: The picture is the actual item for sale. (The picture is NOT a stock photo.)
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- Bookseller
- TristanBooks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Vigilantes1936
- Title
- Villains and Vigilantes
- Author
- Stanton A. Coblentz
- Illustrator
- illustrated with contemporary prints
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine+
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Wilson-Erikson
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- San Francisco 49ers West Pioneers
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Tristan Books offers modern first editions of Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, Literature, and Children s, some signed limited editions and small press books as well as a few antiquarian books printed circa 1540-1900.
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