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Eloquence of the Far West, No. I, Masterpieces of E. D. Baker. Edited, (With Glances At the Orator and His Times) by Oscar T. Shuck.
by [Baker, Edward Dickinson]
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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GRASS VALLEY, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: By the Author. Very Good. 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Trivial wear & soil; one signature slightly sprung, but binding overall solid. ; Ex- Pacific Union Club library with their bookplate tipped-in; inscription on front endpaper: "Presented to the Pacific Union Club Library by Mr. Eugene Lent, June 1924. Green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; portrait frontis with tissue guard. No other library treatments save small call numbers on verso of title page, one in pencil, one in pen. [Cowan II, p. 28]; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 336 pages; Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-1861) , English-born politician who defeated Lincoln for congress in 1844, and served in the Mexican War before moving to California, where he became a prominent lawyer and public speaker. .
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- Bookseller
- G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10469
- Title
- Eloquence of the Far West, No. I, Masterpieces of E. D. Baker. Edited, (With Glances At the Orator and His Times) by Oscar T. Shuck.
- Author
- [Baker, Edward Dickinson]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- By the Author
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- Western Americana, CALIFORNIA, POLITICS, BIOGRAPHY
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- Biography;
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G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA
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GRASS VALLEY, California
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