Benjamin C. Truman : California Booster & Bon Vivant (Book Club of California Publication 176)
by [Truman, Benjamin Cummings] Kurutz, Gary F
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Book Club of California, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG/VG Signed and inscribed by author. [2], vi, [3]-89, [1] pages + plate. Biographical study of one of the first California promoters; includes bibliographical references. One of 600 copies (the entire edition), printed at The Grace Hoper Press; additional publisher's prospectus present (4 pages, 8vo). Signed and inscribed by Kurutz in black ink on first preliminary page, September 28, 1986. Slight browning and rubbing to jacket, with typed spine label (insert with Brodart); slight internal browning to edges and endpapers.1 B/w Photograph (frontispiece Group portrait).
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- Seller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
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- Seller's Inventory #
- L048309
- Title
- Benjamin C. Truman : California Booster & Bon Vivant (Book Club of California Publication 176)
- Author
- [Truman, Benjamin Cummings] Kurutz, Gary F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Book Club of California
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- History American Frt California Truman, Benjamin Cummings United States 19th Century Biography Criticism Interpretation Grace Hoper Press, , , , , , ,
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