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HISTORY OF FRESNO COUNTY CALIFORNIA WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE LEADING MEN AND WOMEN OF THE COUNTY WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH ITS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT FROM THE EARLY DAYS TO THE PRESENT
by Vandor, Paul E
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Los Angeles: Historic Record Company, 1919.. Two volumes. [7]-1287; [1289]-2603pp., including full-page photographic plates. Thick quarto. Original three-quarter black morocco and black cloth, spines gilt. Cloth a bit frayed. Very clean internally. Very good. An absolutely massive history of Fresno County, California, one of the most productive agricultural regions in the United States. The first volume is a history of the county, with much on early settlers, social life, Indian troubles, agricultural development, and the growth of the town of Fresno. The second volume is filled with biographies and portraits of prominent citizens. Vandor, who had lived in California for decades, touts his authority as a historian over previous published histories that he describes as "the hurried labor of superficial hack writers, unacquainted with their subject, the historical subordinated to the commercial feature of the publications." "Several chapters are devoted to California outlaws, one to Vasquez, one to the Evans-Sontag gang, and another to various criminals of the county, including Murieta" - Adams. COWAN, p.655. ROCQ 1841. ADAMS SIX-GUNS 2263 ("scarce").
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- Title
- HISTORY OF FRESNO COUNTY CALIFORNIA WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE LEADING MEN AND WOMEN OF THE COUNTY WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH ITS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT FROM THE EARLY DAYS TO THE PRESENT
- Author
- Vandor, Paul E
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- Used
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Historic Record Company
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1919.
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About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Gilt
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- Morocco
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- Cloth
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