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Rushing For Gold; Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association | Special Publication No. 1
by Caughey, John Walton, Ed
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- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
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About This Item
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1949. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [Special Publication No. 1, Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association] [6.75x10.25"]; [6], 111 pp. [1]; Red cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine; Light brown dust jacket with black lettering on front, back and spine; Minor shelf wear to corners and top and bottom edges and spine; Bookplate of prior owner on front pastedown endpaper with ink stamp below, same ink stamp on rear pastedown and front free endpaper verso; Dust jacket is age toned, soiling to spine and shelf wear with small chips on top and bottom of spine and top edge, closed tears along front and back hinges. This book was part of the centennial celebration of the California Gold Rush. Twelve writers and researchers were asked to contribute essays on the period and include Irene Paden, Walker Wyman, Robert Cleland, Glenn Dumke, John Kemble, Oscar Lewis, Carl Wheat, Raymond Rydell, Rockwell Hunt, John Baur and Edwin Carpenter. A scholarly work with notes and bibliographies.
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- Bookseller
- David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13000
- Title
- Rushing For Gold; Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association | Special Publication No. 1
- Author
- Caughey, John Walton, Ed
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA
- Date Published
- 1949
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- Adventure;
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David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
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About David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA is an online bookseller specializing in fine books, maps, publications, and ephemera related to Exploration, Adventure and World History with a focus on the Polar Regions, California and the American West. A particular interest is in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration from 1895 to 1920's. Other areas of interest are in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and a little bit of this and that.
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