Sea Routes to the Gold Fields: The Migration by Water to California in 1849-1852
by Lewis, Oscar
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Carson City, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition" stated. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. xiv, pages. Illustrated. Fold-out map. Index. Many chips and ears to jacket including large chip to tail of spine. The price is intact. Contents solid.
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- Bookseller
- MagicCarpetBooks.com (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011263
- Title
- Sea Routes to the Gold Fields: The Migration by Water to California in 1849-1852
- Author
- Lewis, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- History, 19th Century, 1849, 49ers, California Gold Rush, Argonauts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana; New Arrivals;
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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