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BENJAMIN C. TRUMAN. CALIFORNIA BOOSTER & BON VIVANT
by KURUTZ, Gary F
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Nevada City, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1984. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. (vi) 89 (1) pp. SIGNED in ink by author Gary F. Kurutz on the title page. Prospectus laid in. Edition limited to 600 un-numbered copies. Printed at The Grace Hoper Press. Frontispiece portrait of Benjamin Truman and his family from a photograph in the Los Angeles Public Library. Truman writings checklist. Green cloth. Plain paper mailing jacket present with custom spine title label. 9 1/6" x 6 1/6". The first of The Book Club of California's Literary Profiles series. This book "...highlights the checkered career of one of California's most articulate and prolific promoters." Truman was the author of Semi-Tropical California and Homes and Happiness in the Golden State. Author Kurutz was the California State Library Special Collections Librarian and wrote The California Gold Rush descriptive bibliography. BCC 176. A Fine copy in a Near Fine (somewhat soiled) plain paper dust jacket, now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes via media mail to any United States address.
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- Hardy Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 2292
- Title
- BENJAMIN C. TRUMAN. CALIFORNIA BOOSTER & BON VIVANT
- Author
- KURUTZ, Gary F
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Book Club of California
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1984
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Hardy Books is a rare and out-of-print book and ephemera seller located in Nevada City, California, in the heart of the California Northern Mines Gold Country. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) and follow the IOBA Code of Ethics.
Our specialties are Californiana, Western Americana, Books About Books, Fine Press, Original Posters and Movie books, photos and ephemera.
Our specialties are Californiana, Western Americana, Books About Books, Fine Press, Original Posters and Movie books, photos and ephemera.
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