THE ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG SWISS IN CALIFORNIA
by de RUTTE, THEOPHILE
- Used
- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Custom Clear Mylar
- Seller
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Nevada City, California, United States
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About This Item
Sacramento: Sacramento Book Collectors Club, 1992. First Edition, Stated. Cloth-backed Boards. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (x) 109 (1) pp. Prospectus laid in.Translated and edited by Mary Grace Paquette, One of 400 un-numbered copies. Designed by Susan Acker and Mary McDermott at the Feathered Serpent Press. Illustrated. Index. Cloth-backed boards; gilt spine titling. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2". The well-written adventures of a young Swiss businessman in Gold Rush California. He describes his time in San Francisco and Sacramento. He became a friend of John Sutter. A Fine copy, now in a custom clear mylar protective jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hardy Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2631
- Title
- THE ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG SWISS IN CALIFORNIA
- Author
- de RUTTE, THEOPHILE
- Format/Binding
- Cloth-backed Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Custom Clear Mylar
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Stated
- Publisher
- Sacramento Book Collectors Club
- Place of Publication
- Sacramento
- Date Published
- 1992
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana; San Francisco; All Things Californian;
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About the Seller
Hardy Books
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Nevada City, California
About Hardy Books
Hardy Books is a rare and out-of-print book and ephemera seller located in Nevada City, California, in the heart of the California Northern Mines Gold Country. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) and follow the IOBA Code of Ethics.
Our specialties are Californiana, Western Americana, Books About Books, Fine Press, Original Posters and Movie books, photos and ephemera.
Our specialties are Californiana, Western Americana, Books About Books, Fine Press, Original Posters and Movie books, photos and ephemera.
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