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Gold Mines of California: An illustrated history of the most productive mines with descriptions of the interesting people who owned and operated them
by Wagner, Jack R
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very good copy in Good(-) dust jacket protected in an archival mylar sheet. Worn dust jacket with open tears along the edges, he/good -
- ISBN 10
- 0831070021
- ISBN 13
- 9780831070021
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1970. Hardcover. Very good copy in Good(-) dust jacket protected in an archival mylar sheet. Worn dust jacket with open tears along the edges, heavy soiling to front and back covers; cover illustration is still in tact; a single piece of tape has been added to DJ cover along the length of the foreedge; boards are mildly soiled; a well-loved copy with lightly sunned, clean pages that are free of creases; binding is tight and square./good -. Quarto in yellow-brown boards in off white and tan dust jacket; illus. (some color), facsimiles, map, ports.; 259 p., 29 cm. In English. Inscribed by author on half title page: "To Doug Hammond with best wishes. Jack R. Wagner."
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- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 84308
- Title
- Gold Mines of California: An illustrated history of the most productive mines with descriptions of the interesting people who owned and operated them
- Author
- Wagner, Jack R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good copy in Good(-) dust jacket protected in an archival mylar sheet. Worn dust jacket with open tears along the edges, he
- Jacket Condition
- good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0831070021
- ISBN 13
- 9780831070021
- Publisher
- Howell-North Books
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- Gold mines and mining -- California, History
- Bookseller catalogs
- California;
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About Bibliope by Calvello Books
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