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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We had our open bookshop in the town of Sonoma for a total of 17 years, including 9 years at our East Napa St. location, however, as of April 13, 2013 we have closed our doors. Our business is now conducted online, by appointment, and at the approximately 8 antiquarian bookfairs at which we exhibit annually. Chanticleer Books is a sole-proprietorship owned and operated by Steve Blackmer, a full-time bookseller since 1985 and member of the Antiquarian Booksellers� Association of America (ABAA) since 1998.

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