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[Presentation Binding] Bean's History and Directory of Nevada County, California. Containing a Complete History of the County, with Sketches of the Various Towns and Mining Camps, the Names and Occupation of Residents; Also, Full Statistics of Mining and all Other Industrial Resources
by Bean, Edwin F. , compiled by
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
GRASS VALLEY, California, United States
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About This Item
Nevada City: Daily Gazette Book and Job Office. Good. 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine & corners rubbed; front joint split top and bottom 2"; bit of bubbling to rear cloth; toning to endpapers and pastedowns at edges; hinges cracked but cords holding firm; dampstain to rear pastedown, and lower portion of text pages at gutters, 1.5" up the inside, receding in size to about p.182 then disappearing. Binding somewhat stressed at p. 166 causing the gathering of two pages of ads there to spring a bit but still intact. Ownership name C. V. Welch in pen front pastedown. Overall the binding is solid and the ads and text pages are clean. ; Half brown leather, and pebbled black cloth over boards, lettered and ruled in gilt. Front cover lettered: "Ianthus Jerome Rolfe, Nevada City, from, E. F. Bean. Pencil note on front pastedown, "C. L. Camp - Sept. 1971, Presentation copy to the printer from the author." Provenance, bookseller collector John Ogden, from the library of Charles L. Camp. Contains over 100 pages of advertisements, also includes sketches of the towns and mining camps, a directory of the residents, including their occupations, as well as statistics of mining and other resources. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 424 pages .
Details
- Bookseller
- G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10989
- Title
- [Presentation Binding] Bean's History and Directory of Nevada County, California. Containing a Complete History of the County, with Sketches of the Various Towns and Mining Camps, the Names and Occupation of Residents; Also, Full Statistics of Mining and all Other Industrial Resources
- Author
- Bean, Edwin F. , compiled by
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Daily Gazette Book and Job Office
- Place of Publication
- Nevada City
- Date Published
- 1867
- Keywords
- LOCAL History, Western Americana, California History, COUNTY Histories, NEVADA County, COUNTY Directories
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About the Seller
G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA
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GRASS VALLEY, California
About G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA
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