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THE CONQUEST OF CALIFORNIA: A Biography of William B. Ide
by Ide, Simeon. Foreword by Joseph A. Sullivan
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Spine label cracked, else fine.
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About This Item
Oakland: Biobooks, 1944. First edition thus. Spine label cracked, else fine.. Oirginal beige cloth and red boards, paper spine label, octavo, [9], 188 pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a facsimile title page from the 1860 first edition, and a large colored folding map of Sonoma County at rear.
Limited edition of 500 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Text is a reprint of the 1860 "A Biographical Sketch of the Life of William B. Ide." This copy inscribed and signed on the colophon by Joseph Sullivan: "To the Scotts, best wishes, Joe Sullivan 9/10/45
Limited edition of 500 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Text is a reprint of the 1860 "A Biographical Sketch of the Life of William B. Ide." This copy inscribed and signed on the colophon by Joseph Sullivan: "To the Scotts, best wishes, Joe Sullivan 9/10/45
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- Bookseller
- Chanticleer Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23519
- Title
- THE CONQUEST OF CALIFORNIA: A Biography of William B. Ide
- Author
- Ide, Simeon. Foreword by Joseph A. Sullivan
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine label cracked, else fine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Biobooks
- Place of Publication
- Oakland
- Date Published
- 1944
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