The Gold Hunters: A First-Hand Picture of Life in California Mining Camps in the Early Fifties
Published by International Fiction Library, Cleveland, 1917
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA
AbeBooks seller since March 11, 1998
Condition: Used
US$ 25.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Edited by Horace Kephart. Small 8vo. Burgundy cloth with black lettering, rules and decoration. 361pp. Very good. Tight and decent reprint edition -- apparently first published in Edinburgh in 1857 as "Three Years in California" and considered a classic Gold Rush depiction. Borthwick (1824-92) was a Scottish journalist and author who penned a number of titles about California and gold mining.
Seller Inventory # 45523
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Gold Hunters: A First-Hand Picture of Life in California Mining Camps in the Early Fifties
- Author
- BORTHWICK, J.D.
- Publisher
- International Fiction Library, Cleveland
- Publication year
- 1917
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller catalogs
- Books, Western Americana
Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA
Galena, IL, U.S.A.
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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts has been buying and selling quality books, autographs and ephemera since 1991. We specialize in general antiquarian, first editions, signed books and autographs and documents. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA), Universal Autograph Collectors Club (UACC) and The Manuscript Society.
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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
9304 Saturn Ln
Galena, IL U.S.A. 61036
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