Published by The Ward Ritchie Press, Menlo Park, CA, 1967
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has several small edge tears, and there is noticeable ground-in dirt / finger dirt, especially to the rear cover. "Lick arrived in San Francisco, California, in January 1848, bringing with him his tools, work bench, $30,000 in gold (valued at approximately $2.75 million as of 2020) , and 600 pounds (275 kilograms) of chocolate. The chocolate quickly sold. So, Lick sent back word convincing his friend and neighbor in Peru, the confectioner Domingo Ghirardelli, to move to San Francisco, where he founded the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company. Upon his arrival, Lick began buying real estate in the small village of San Francisco. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento a few days after Lick's arrival in the future state began the California Gold Rush and created a housing boom in San Francisco, which grew from about one thousand residents in 1848 to over twenty thousand by 1850. Lick got a touch of "gold fever" and sought to mine the metal, but after a week decided his fortune was to be made by owning land, not digging in it. Lick continued buying land in San Francisco, and also began buying farmland in and around San Jose, where he planted orchards and built the largest flour mill in the state. " (from Wikipedia).
Published by The Ward Ritchie Press, California, 1967
Seller: sonalsorises, Los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition. Original grey cloth, near fine with gold titles to cover and spine, bright, contains some wear to crown of spine. This copy in a very good dust jacket, with fading to covers, has a scratch on spine and missing small piece to crown of spine of dj.
Published by The Ward Ritchie Press, 1967
Seller: Prairie Creek Books LLC., Torrington, WY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Photographs (illustrator). 1st Edition. G+/G, used hc, vii-xvi, 95 pgs. Grey colored cloth over boards with gilt text on upper and spine; slight edge wear; minor shelf wear to head and tail of spine. Tan colored dust jacket with red and black colored text on upper, and black colored text on spine; dj clipped but price still showing; slight soiling on lower; 1 1/2"x3/4" piece missing at head of spine on lower; 1/4" tear at head of upper near spine; wrapped in mylar protective cover. Ffep has inked signature, initials and date. Preface by Richard H. Dillon who completed the manuscript for publication and an Introduction by C. D. Shane. Interior pages clean, unmarked; b&w photographs; deckle fore edge. Binding is tight and straight.