CALIFORNIA AS IT IS & AS IT MAY BE OR A GUIDE TO THE GOLD REGION..
by Wierzbicki, F.P
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
San Francisc: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. 100,[4]pp. Illus. Narrow quarto. Original half cloth and boards. Fine. Without dust jacket or slipcase. An entry in the Rare Americana series, from an edition limited to 500 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press, with an introduction by George Lyman. Reprinted from the original edition of 1849 which Wheat describes as "The earliest descriptive work of its kind to be printed in California. A guide to the gold region, and the observations of a remarkable man." That original edition is extremely rare and Howes describes it as the "first California-printed book of an original nature...the most important and prized of all books printed there..." WHEAT GOLD RUSH 227 (note). HOWES W405. ZAMORANO 80, 79. KURUTZ 678d
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM21439
- Title
- CALIFORNIA AS IT IS & AS IT MAY BE OR A GUIDE TO THE GOLD REGION..
- Author
- Wierzbicki, F.P
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Grabhorn Press
- Place of Publication
- San Francisc
- Date Published
- 1933
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About the Seller
William Reese Company
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New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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