WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN: GOLD RUSH BANKER The Civil War General's Pre-War Career As a Banker in San Francisco by Clarke, Dwight L - 1969

San Francsco : California Historical Soceity . Clean, crisp hardcover in good plus condition; small stain on fore-edge, small hole in front end paper. Good minus DJ in mylar cover; age-toned, scattered holes--insect nibbles--front and back. . Good. Hardcover. 1969.

San Francisco CA: California Historical Society. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Blindstamp on front endpaper. ; ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall .

California Historical society, 1969. hardback in very good+ condition. no dust jacket.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

California Historical Society, 1969. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover in jacket..

California Historical Society. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. Exlibrary with usual library markings. Some dust jacket sunning. ; 446 pages .

California Historical Society, 1969. Hardback in near fine condition with near fine condition dust jacket.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1969. The jacket has some minor wear along the top back edges. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

California Historical Society, 1969. 1st Edition Assumed 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 3 small B&W era photo sections. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1969 California Historical Society hardcover & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, assumed first printing. There is, of course, some light edge wear -most of it to dust jacket (3 small nics). CONTENT: Sherman had a natural gift for writing, and his letters are informative, interesting, and enlivened by a mature sense of humor. As senior resident partner of a banking house in San Francisco (1853-1857), Sherman wrote frequent reports to the home office in St. Louis, detailing not only routine business of the bank but also pertinent information about political and financial developments in the city (including the Vigilance Committee of 1856), the gold-mining areas, and the state capital. The letters were written to Henry Smith Turner, a partner and a close personal friend, and are characterized by a greater personal… Read More

California Historical Society, 1969. First Edition. Near Fine book in a Very Good dustjacket.

California Historical Society, 1969. First Edition. Near Fine book in a Good dust jacket. Some chipping and wear to the dust jacket.