McGOWAN VS CALIFORNIA VIGILANTES
by McGOWAN, Edward
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- Fine
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine/Custom Clear Mylar
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Nevada City, California, United States
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About This Item
Oakland: Biobooks, 1946. First Thus. Cloth-backed cloth. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (ix) 205 (3) pp. SIGNED by Biobooks publisher. J. A. Sullivan in ink on the colophon. #430 of 675 limited copies. Number 7 of the California Centennial Editions.Printed at The Gillick Press, Berkeley. Facsimile copies of 1857 and 1858 newspapers in pocket affixed to rear pastedown. Facsimile of Pacific Mail List for November 6, 1856 (folding) facing page 116. Black cloth-backed red cloth. 7 1/4" x 10". A retelling of the "Narrative of Edward McGowan", originally published in 1857, concerning the author's difficulties with the San Francisco Viligence Committee of 1856, formed after the killing of James King of William by James P. Casey. Describes McGowan's trial for complicity in the killing of James King of William, for which he was acquitted. Zamorano 80, #54; Wheat 132; Howes M-103A. A Fine copy, now in a custom clear mylar protective jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.
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- Bookseller
- Hardy Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2506
- Title
- McGOWAN VS CALIFORNIA VIGILANTES
- Author
- McGOWAN, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Cloth-backed cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Custom Clear Mylar
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Biobooks
- Place of Publication
- Oakland
- Date Published
- 1946
- Bookseller catalogs
- San Francisco; All Things Californian;
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