History of California, from Its Discovery to the Present Time; Comprising also a full description of its
by CAPRON, E. S
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Boston: John P. Jewett, 1854. First. hardcover. good. Climate...Towns...Agriculture, Commerce, Mines, Mining &c. With a Journal of the Voyage from New York, via Nicaragua, to San Francisco, and Back via Panama. xi, 356pp. 12mo, original brown cloth, spine ends and edges of corners worn, cloth lightly soiled, corners bumped. Boston: John P. Jewett, 1854. First Edition.<br/><br/> This copy lacks the folding map. Contains two chapters on San Francisco and two chapters on gold mines and miners. Howes C-127. Graff 580. Cowan p. 104.<br/><br/>
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- History of California, from Its Discovery to the Present Time; Comprising also a full description of its
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- CAPRON, E. S
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- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - good
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- Edition
- First
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- John P. Jewett
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1854
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