LIFE IN CALIFORNIA BEFORE THE GOLD DISCOVERY.
Bidwell, John. Oscar Lewis.
AbeBooks Seller Since March 26, 1998
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Original green cloth, quarto (8 x 10.5 inches), 76pp. Endpaper maps, b/w plates and illustrations. Originally published in The Century Magazine for December 1890 and February 1891. In 1848 Bidwell made a fortune in the gold rush, the following year he bought 26000 acres of the upper Sacramento Valley-naming his property Rancho Chico, in 1860 he laid out the town of Chico. Bidwell died in 1900. Faint fading to covers, but very good, else quite clean and unworn. Gift inscription to front blank leaf First edition thus, limited to 1950 copies. Seller Inventory # 20508
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Title: LIFE IN CALIFORNIA BEFORE THE GOLD DISCOVERY.
Publisher: Lewis Osborne, Palo Alto
Publication Date: 1966
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition
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