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Reminiscences of a Ranger or Early Times in Southern California : VOLUME ONE
by Bell, Major Horace
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Menifee, California, United States
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About This Item
Advertisers Composition Company, 1965-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1965 limited edition reprint (1200 copies), Anderson, Ritchie and Simon (Los Angeles, California), 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches tall beige and brown cloth hardbound, no dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine, yellow endpapers, yellow accents to new Gene Holtan illustrations, [12], 120 pp. Very slight staining, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Number in red pencil to upper margin of blank front free-endpaper. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this uncommon reissue. ~SP06~ [1.5P] Volume 1, containing the first eight chapters (of 37) of Major Bell's memoirs, Reminiscences of a Ranger, with a newly-added introduction and illustrations. Horace Bell (1830-1918) was active in the American era of 19th century California, especially in the Los Angeles region. He was a Los Angeles Ranger, filibuster, soldier, lawyer, journalist and newspaper publisher, and author of two Southern California history books.
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- Bookseller
- Flamingo Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SP06-0971-8073
- Title
- Reminiscences of a Ranger or Early Times in Southern California : VOLUME ONE
- Author
- Bell, Major Horace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Advertisers Composition Company
- Date Published
- 1965-01-01
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Menifee, California
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Reprint
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
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