H.M.S. SULPHUR AT CALIFORNIA, 1837 AND 1839: Being the accounts of Midshipman Francis Guillemard Simpkinson and Captain Edward Belcher
by Simpkinson, Francis Guillemard and Captain Edward Belcher. Edited by Richard A. Pierce & John H. Winslow
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy, entirely clean and unworn
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About This Item
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1969. First edition limited to 450 copies. Hardcover. A fine copy, entirely clean and unworn. Original cloth and boards, octavo, xiii, 70 pp. Illustrated. Printed by Grant Dahlstrom at the Castle Press, Pasadena, California. Prospectus laid in.
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- Seller
- Chanticleer Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 20510
- Title
- H.M.S. SULPHUR AT CALIFORNIA, 1837 AND 1839: Being the accounts of Midshipman Francis Guillemard Simpkinson and Captain Edward Belcher
- Author
- Simpkinson, Francis Guillemard and Captain Edward Belcher. Edited by Richard A. Pierce & John H. Winslow
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy, entirely clean and unworn
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition limited to 450 copies
- Publisher
- Book Club of California
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1969
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