A TOUR OF DUTY IN CALIFORNIA; Including a Description of the Gold Region: and an Account of the Voyage around Cape Horn; with Notices of Lower California, the Gulf and Pacific Coasts, and the Principal Events Attending the Conquest of the Californias
by Revere, Joseph Warren
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: C.S.Francis & Company, 1849. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 305pp. plus 6pp.ads. Original green embossed cloth. Lithograph frontispiece, wood engraved "Design for the Arms of California", and 5 lithograph plates after Revere's sketches, folding lithographed map "Harbour of San Francisco." Pencil signature on front pastedown: "Rush R. Sloane." (?). Cloth a little spotty and spine is browned and rubbed at ends. Considerable foxing to the first few and last few pages, occasional spot within. Map is in nice condition, except for a couple spots. Kurutz, The California Gold Rush 529a.
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- Bookseller
- Lost Horizon Bookstore (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12045
- Title
- A TOUR OF DUTY IN CALIFORNIA; Including a Description of the Gold Region: and an Account of the Voyage around Cape Horn; with Notices of Lower California, the Gulf and Pacific Coasts, and the Principal Events Attending the Conquest of the Californias
- Author
- Revere, Joseph Warren
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- C.S.Francis & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1849
- Keywords
- Gold Rush
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About the Seller
Lost Horizon Bookstore
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Santa Barbara, California
About Lost Horizon Bookstore
We are a small, open shop in Santa Barbara and have been in the same location for over 30 years. We have a select inventory of used and rare books. We also carry original posters and prints, vintage photographs and ephemera. Open Tues.- Sat. 11-6, closed Sunday & Monday.
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