OUTPOST OF EMPIRE: THE STORY OF THE FOUNDING OF SAN FRANCISCO
by BOLTON, Herbert Eugene
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- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. First Edition, second printing. Signed by Bolton on the front endpaper. Also, with a single-age typed letter signed from Bolton, on Department History stationery on University of California, Berkeley, dated May 16, 1934. To Miss Claire Dix in Pocatallo, Idaho, Bolton expresses his regret about not teaching a few courses and agrees to allow Dix to use on of his studies in her lessons. Thick 8vo., decorative red cloth in dust jacket; 334 pages plus a 17-page index. With 11 maps and other illustrations.. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight with light paperclip mark rear pastedown); little wear (price-clipped, some fading spine & few small internal mends) d/j.
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- Bookseller
- Antic Hay Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57709
- Title
- OUTPOST OF EMPIRE: THE STORY OF THE FOUNDING OF SAN FRANCISCO
- Author
- BOLTON, Herbert Eugene
- Illustrator
- With 11 maps and other illustrations.
- Format/Binding
- Thick 8vo., decorative red cloth in dust jacket; 334 pages plus a 17-page index
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, second printing. Signed by Bolton on the front en
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1939
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About Antic Hay Books
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