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The California Tragedy; [The Donner Tragedy] [Forward by Joseph A. Sullivan]
por Thornton, J. Quinn
- Usado
- Perto de Excelente
- Assinado
- first
- Condição
- Perto de Excelente/Very Good
- Livreiro
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Sebastopol, California, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
Oakland, CA: Biobooks, 1945. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [California Centennial Edition No.4, limited to 1500 copies], inscribed and signed by Sullivan [11x7.75in]; [2], v, [1] [Salute to General Douglas MacArthur, Sixth and Eight Armies and First Cavalry Division], 161 pp., [1], four color illustrations, tipped in errata slip; Cream cloth binding with red and black lettering on front and illustration of pioneer family; Cream dust jacket with red and black lettering on front and illustration of pioneer family, red lined lettering on spine; Minimal shelf wear on corners with bumps along bottom edges, tipped in prior owner bookplate; Some soiling, offset darkening of dust jacket with darken spine, minor shelf wear on all edges. Quinn Thornton emigrated to the Oregon Territory with his family in 1846. He was appointed a Judge by the provision government of Oregon in 1847 and was the representative of the territory in Washington DC. During his travels, he met survivors of the Donner party in San Francisco and wrote about their tragic journey ending in 1847. The is a reprint of the account published in New York from Volume II, Harper's 1855 Edition. The account is based on interviews with William Eddy and is gripping reading.
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- Livreiro
- David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 13546
- Título
- The California Tragedy; [The Donner Tragedy] [Forward by Joseph A. Sullivan]
- Autor
- Thornton, J. Quinn
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Perto de Excelente
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Very Good
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Biobooks
- Local de publicação
- Oakland, CA
- Data de publicação
- 1945
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Adventure;
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David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
Membro de Biblio desde 2018
Sebastopol, California
Sobre David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA is an online bookseller specializing in fine books, maps, publications, and ephemera related to Exploration, Adventure and World History with a focus on the Polar Regions, California and the American West. A particular interest is in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration from 1895 to 1920's. Other areas of interest are in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and a little bit of this and that.
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