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HAND-BOOK ALMANAC OF THE PACIFIC STATES: An Official Register and Business Directory of the States of California and Oregon; the Territories of Washington, Nevada and Utah; and the Colonies of British Columbia and Vancouver Island. For the Year 1863
by Knight, Wm. H. editor
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Covers worn and stained, rebacked preserving original spine, front blank leaf pasted to verso of front free endpaper, contempora
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Fort Bragg, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: H. H. Bancroft and Co, 1863. First edition. Hardcover. Covers worn and stained, rebacked preserving original spine, front blank leaf pasted to verso of front free endpaper, contemporary owner names penned to rear fixed endpaper, a sturdy and presentable copy. 420 pp. + 1 ad leaf at rear; small octavo, original brown cloth with gilt title, front endpapers printed with advertisements.
Bancroft's second annual almanac, fairly scarce in commerce. Cowan p. 11.
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- Chanticleer Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21371
- Title
- HAND-BOOK ALMANAC OF THE PACIFIC STATES: An Official Register and Business Directory of the States of California and Oregon; the Territories of Washington, Nevada and Utah; and the Colonies of British Columbia and Vancouver Island. For the Year 1863
- Author
- Knight, Wm. H. editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Covers worn and stained, rebacked preserving original spine, front blank leaf pasted to verso of front free endpaper, contempora
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- H. H. Bancroft and Co
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1863
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- Verso
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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