History of California from its discovery to the present time : comprising also a full description of its climate, surface, soil, rivers, towns, beasts, birds, fishes, state of its society, agriculture, commerce, mines, mining, &c., with journal of the
History of California from its discovery to the present time : comprising also a full description of its climate, surface, soil, rivers, towns, beasts, birds, fishes, state of its society, agriculture, commerce, mines, mining, &c., with journal of the...
Add this copy of History of California: From Its Discovery to the to cart. $100.00, fair condition, Sold by G. F. Wilkinson Books, IOBA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Grass Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1854 by John P. Jewett & Company & Jewett Proctor and Washington.
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1854, John P. Jewett & Company & Jewett Proctor and Washington
Publisher:
John P. Jewett & Company & Jewett Proctor and Washington
Published:
1854
Language:
English
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16255440246
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Seller's Description:
Fair. WITHOUT MAP. 356pp.; 12mo; original brown cloth, spine lettered & decorated in gilt. Wear with loss to spine ends; spine gilt dulled; front endpaper partially glued to pastedown, showing stains, a booksellers handstamp; couple of signatures sprung but binding othwerwise firm. Decent working copy. According to the Preface: In April, 1853, the author proceeded to California, as the commercial agent of several extensive mercantile houses in New York city. In the discharge of his commission he visited the principal cities and villages of the state...He also traversed various parts of the mining regions and sojourned with the miners." Also gives a description of San Francisco and its lurid side. [Kurutz: 116; Cowan II, p. 104]
Add this copy of History of California, From Its Discovery to the to cart. $750.00, good condition, Sold by Argosy Book Store rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1854 by John P. Jewett.
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Good. Climate...Towns...Agriculture, Commerce, Mines, Mining &c. With a Journal of the Voyage from New York, via Nicaragua, to San Francisco, and Back via Panama. xi, 356pp. 12mo, original brown cloth, spine ends and edges of corners worn, cloth lightly soiled, corners bumped. Boston: John P. Jewett, 1854. First Edition. This copy lacks the folding map. Contains two chapters on San Francisco and two chapters on gold mines and miners. Howes C-127. Graff 580. Cowan p. 104.
