Shirley Letters from California Mines In 1851-52

[CLAPPE, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]

Erscheinungsdatum: 1922

Beschreibung

[CLAPPE, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]. The Shirley Letters from California Mines In 1851-52. Being a Series of Twenty-three Letters from Dame Shirley (Mrs. Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe) to Her Sister in Massachusetts and now Reprinted from the Pioneer Magazine of 1854-55 with Synopses of Letters, a Foreword, and Many Typographical and Other Corrections and Emendations, by Thomas C. Russell. San Francisco: Printed by Thomas C. Russell, at His Private Press, 1922. 1st ed. in book form. l,350pp. Frontis., colored plates. Orig. linen-backed boards, printed paper spine label, T.e.g. Rebacked, orig. spine laid down, spine sunned, slight wear to boards, else very good. One of 450 numbered copies signed by the publisher of which this is one 200 numbered copies on California bond-paper, one of 30 numbered copies with gilt ornaments and hand-colored plates. Howes C-427, "aa": "First appearing serially in the Pioneer Magazine under the pseudonym `Dame Shirley', in 1854-5, these letters present a vivid and unexcelled picture of every-day life in the mines." Rocq 6353. Wheat, Gold Rush 39. With the bookplate of the actor Jean Hersholt. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 73450

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Titel: Shirley Letters from California Mines In ...

Erscheinungsdatum: 1922

Einband: Soft cover

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)