Twenty Years In The Backwoods Of California (INSCRIBED)

Shay, John C.

Published by The Roxburgh Publishing Co, Boston, 1923
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INSCRIBED "With kindest regards/of the author/John C. Shay/Los Angeles, 1924." 8vo. 142 pp. Original navy blue cloth with gilt lettering to front cover and spine. Minor wear to extremities else a fine copy. Being the actual experiences and observations of a native son of California, covering a period of twenty years in one locality, while engaged in prospecting, gold mining, homesteading, stock raising, and the roadside smithy. One chapter on the first auto-stage hold-up. (Adams Herd 2045; Adams Six Guns 1987; Cowan pg. 581; Rocq 4933). Seller Inventory # 18065

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Title: Twenty Years In The Backwoods Of California ...
Publisher: The Roxburgh Publishing Co, Boston
Publication Date: 1923
Binding: Original cloth
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First Edition.

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Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Cowan P. 581, Adams, Herd 2045, Adams, Six-Guns 1987. Important reference work. Inscribed by the author "John C. Shay 877 San Rafael Dr. Los Angeles". Very rare in this condition. Fine copy. 142 pps. Seller Inventory # 207736

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