A HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPERS, 1846-1858: Edited and Annotated by Helen Harding Bretnor
by Kemble, Edward C
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very good
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Los Gatos, California: Talisman Press, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First edition in book form, originally published as an extensive supplement to the Sacramento Union of December 25, 1858. Limited to 750 copies. This copy is inscribed by the editor on a prefatory blank leaf. The definitive account of the formative years of newspaper publishing in California. Octavo: 398 p. with a frontispiece portrait and two textual photographs. Original brown cloth binding, with a printed paper spine label. The dust jacket is a bit toned; else very good or better.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76042
- Title
- A HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPERS, 1846-1858: Edited and Annotated by Helen Harding Bretnor
- Author
- Kemble, Edward C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Talisman Press
- Place of Publication
- Los Gatos, California
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- California, Western Americana, Newspapers, Printing History, Publishers, Journalism
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Covina, California
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