Some Reflections of an Early California Governor Contained in a Short Dictated Memoir . and Notes from an Interview Between Governor Low and Hubert Howe Bancroft in 1883.
Published by Sacramento Book Collectors Club, Sacramento, 1959
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Seller: Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA
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First edition. Limited to 350 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Publication number 7 of the Sacramento Book Collectors Club. Edited, with Preface and Notes by Robert H. Becker. Quarto. Pp. xiii, [1], 78. Frontis portrait in color. Initials printed in red, yellow and black. Notes, index. Half tan linen, red patterned boards, leather spine label, gilt. Some minor fading to edges of covers, else a fine copy. The texts of a "Memoir" (1877-1878) and an interview (1883) between Low and H.H. Bancroft, in which the ninth governor of California (1863-1867) reflected on his business and political life, with particular emphasis on the Gold Rush (his experiences in the mines, 1849-50), the railroads, and the question of Chinese immigration. [Grabhorn: 605; Rocq: 6771].
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- Some Reflections of an Early California Governor Contained in a Short Dictated Memoir . and Notes from an Interview Between Governor Low and Hubert Howe Bancroft in 1883.
- Author
- Low, Frederick F.
- Publisher
- Sacramento Book Collectors Club, Sacramento
- Publication year
- 1959
- Condition
- Fine
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
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