The Contest for California in 1861: How Colonel E.D. Baker Saved The Pacific States to the Union
by KENNEDY, Elijah R
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1912. First. Cloth. Very Good. First printing. WARMLY INSCRIBED ON THE HALF TITLE BY THE AUTHOR TO A PERSONAL FRIEND AND DATED 27 APRIL, 1912. Ribbed red cloth, spine lettering gilt; top edge gilt, fore edge uncut; 361 pps. with index, short bibliography and three appendices. Frontispiece photogravure portrait of Baker and with five additional portrait plates in the text. Scarce work on the background events leading up to the near secession of California to the Confederacy, highlighting the efforts of Colonel E.D. Baker to preserve the Pacific Coast states for the Union. Very good with occasional spotting to the cloth and shallow loss to the cloth at the foot of the spine; some pages roughly opened.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- D1018
- Title
- The Contest for California in 1861: How Colonel E.D. Baker Saved The Pacific States to the Union
- Author
- KENNEDY, Elijah R
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- California, Civil War, Union, Pacific Coast, Secession, Confederacy, CSA, Americana, American History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War;
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The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- Fore Edge
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