From Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A. Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 26 May 2003
Cover boards are in great condition with no visible flaws apart from some light handling wear. Spine is shaken, but binding is secure. Inside is clean and unmarked. Seller Inventory # 1141140
Title: The California Gold Rush: A Descriptive ...
Publisher: The Book Club of California
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Hard cover
Condition: Very good
Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Many white marks / smugdes to exterior, mainly back cover. Pencil annotation throughout first quarter of book. Sturdy boards, solid binding. Seller Inventory # 1024418
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Darwin Labordo, Books, Sierra Madre, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Cloth, fine. First edition. Seller Inventory # 2514
Quantity: 2 available
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. The book has light edge wear, faint fading, and slight rubbing.otherwise it is clean, crisp, and unmarked. The book also has a handmade dust jacket for extra protection. Seller Inventory # 986528
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1997. BRAND NEW in a BRAND NEW dust jacket. PERFECT CONDITION. The white paper dust jacket has been protected since day 1 by a removable clear-plastic sleeve. NO chips. NO tears. Bright, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, and unmarked -- obviously never read. 1999. First Edition. Limited to 1,000 copies. Introduction by J. S. Holiday. The standard reference on the California Gold Rush. This fully annotated bibliography contains detailed descriptions of 1,126 editions and variants of 707 individual works, plus summaries and publishing histories. Included are published diaries, journals, reminiscences, guidebooks, collections of letters, sermons, mining company reports, contemporary novels, etc. Handsomely printed letterpress by W. Thomas Taylor. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original blue cloth, stamped in bright gold on the front cover and over a black panel on the spine. Complete with the publisher's pristine white paper dust jacket. Oversize Hardcover. 7.25" wide by 10.75" tall by 2.25" thick. This large heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. ZAMORANO SELECT 57. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. New/New. xxviii, 773pp. + plates. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Seller Inventory # 023020
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. First Edition. Fine in royal blue buckram cloth with a large gilt on black title label on the spine. A small quarto measuring 10 3/8 by 6 3/4 inches containing 771 pages including an index, a list of references consulted with 705 titles. Without its issued plain white dust jacket. One of only 1,000 copies printed. Seller Inventory # TB27350
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Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
Hardcover. First Edition. xxvii, 771 pages. Color frontis, 31 plates. Blue cloth wih gilt design of gold pan, pick and shovel on cover, spine titles in gilt on black background with gilt border. Large thick octavo. Nice bright cover with very light edgewear. In the original plain white paper dust jacket which is in a mylar protector. Indespensible bibliographic sourcebook for the period. Near Fine in a Fine Dust Jacket. Seller Inventory # 74736
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Fine. First Edition. 'Publication 206', 1000 copies printed by W. Thomas Taylor. xxvii, 770 pages; illustrations; bibliography, index; bound in blue cloth with gilt title on black on the spine and gilt design on the cover. A monumental bibliography of the California Gold Rush containing some 706 titles with extensive annotations and descriptions of the various editions. An essential source of information on the literature of the Gold Rush and any library on the subject is the lesser without it. Fine clean copy. Seller Inventory # 11494
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: T. W. Palmer Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Limited Edition. 26.5 x 17.5 cm., xxvii 771 pp., colophon, Limited edition of 1000. This is publication 206 of The Book Club of California. Dedication: "To the late Robert H. Becker who initiated this bibliography and to Robert L. Hawley who provided the inspiration", verso blank, contents, list of illustrations, bibliographer's preface, acknowledgments, introduction, bibliography, location symbols, references consulted, index. blue linen cloth covered boards with gilt pictorial on front and black plaque on spine with gild printing. Original plain white dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 002477
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Book Club of California (illustrator). large 8to. blue cloth with title on spine and gold design on front cover. xxvii, 771 pages, with 33 additional pages of plates. Limited to 1,000 unnumbered copies. A descriptive bibliography of publications in book or pamphlet form of a) accounts by eyewitnesses of the Gold Rush in the years 1848-1853, for example, diaries (actual date of publication irrelevant), and b) "contemporary" publications from America and Europe relevant to the Gold Rush (for example, a set of charts and sailing directions for the California Coast by a U.S. Navy commander, published in 1851) and generally but not always published in the years 1848-1853 (for example, an 1854 work about something that happend in 1853). Contains many published diaries and journals, guidebooks, mining company reports, etc. etc. 706 main entries, some with extensive subdivisions. A typical entry gives the title as laid out on the title page, other basic bibliographic data, the collation, the type of binding, number and type of illustrations, references, locations of copies of the item, and the author's notes and comments. With a list of location symbols, references, and an index. With prospectus and related material in separate envelope. Fine condition. blue cloth with title on spine and gold design on front cover. Seller Inventory # 49759
Quantity: 2 available
Seller: BookMine, Fair Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new. 771 pps. Seller Inventory # 232680
Quantity: 1 available