Search Results: taming the forty niner by elisabeth margo

New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1955 Ex-Library. Very Good -. Hardcover. Normal wear; typical library marks..

Rinehart, 1955. hardcover in very good condition with very good dust jacket. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1955. Illustrated with period drawings and photographs. Marbled boards, red spine with gilt and black letters. Very Good, Very Good dust jacket with minimal wear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Rinehart, 1955. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Couple inch-long tears to jacket and some light chipping..

New York: Rinehart, 1955,. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo, hardcover, near fine in VG beige and brown pictorial dj. A saucy account of the pleasures of the Gold Rush Days of California before and after the arrival of the "ladies". Illustrated with period drawings and photographs. 245 pp. including bibliography. Based primarily on eye-witness accounts, diaries and the newspapers of the times; rich and sometimes uproarious account of the women who tamed the forty-niners.

hardcover. illus. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York, (1955).<br/><br/>

Rinehart & Co., NY, 1950, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Cloth & boards. 245pp. Bibliography. An entertainingly written book, "Being a Saucy Account of the Pleasures of the Gold Rush Days of California Before -- and After -- the Arrival of The Ladies." Fine in lightly soiled, lightly stained (lower back panel) dj. Rocq 15941.

New York.: Rinehart & Co., 1955.. First edition.. Hard cover. . Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). . Octavo.. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

NEW YORK: RINEHART & COMPANY. VG/VG LIGHT EDGEWEAR TO DJ. PAGES CLEAN & TIGHT. Pages: 245. . 1955. HARDCOVER..

New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1955. First Edition, First Printing. 1/4 cloth. Near Fine/near fine. Near fine, first edition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket is price-clipped. Marbled vellum-style paper cover with red quarter cloth covering spine. Near fine dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. 244 pp. Small octavo, 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 in tall. An examination of that "vast natural experiment in social psychology which historians call the gold rush" sights along a new line -- the lack of women. Their absence was the cause of the "spree of the century" which was strictly stag, for the gold- seekers were conditioned to keep the female adventurers and glamour girls in a separate compartment from the sweethearts and wives for whom they had a worshipful homesickness. Here are the two years, 1849-1851, in which the men gambled, drank, horsed around, fought, made money, went broke, got sick and generally kicked over the traces, in contrast to the… Read More

Rinehart Publishing -, 1955. Hardcover/pub.1955/Fair condition/245 pages - A saucy account of the pleasures of the gold rush days of California before and after the arrival of the ladies. [AH326029]. Hard Cover. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-09-12. Paperback. Good.

This is the hardcover only stated Rinehart Edition from 1955. Other than a bit of wear to the DJ, both the DJ and the book are in positively excellent condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc. and the pages and binding are tight. This wonderful, impossible-to-find item is available for purchase now! **Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Due to the vagaries of market fluctuations, an item may occasionally seem overvalued. To compensate for that possibility, all serious buyers are welcome to make a on each and every item listed, with the assurance that ALL reasonable offers will be accepted.Very Good

New York : Rinehart (1955), 1955. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 245 pages; Physical desc. : 245 p. Notes: Includes bibliography. Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life - California. California - Gold discoveries.

Paperback / softback. New.