Three Years in California
Colton, Rev. Walter
Published by A. S. Barnes, NY, 1850
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Hardcover
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Original red cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Points softened, rubbing, split along backstrip edge, scattered foxing. Plates and folding facsimile Declaration of Rights with a closed tear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 456 pages. Seller Inventory # 30951
Bibliographic Details
Title: Three Years in California
Publisher: A. S. Barnes, NY
Publication Date: 1850
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good-
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Edition: First Edition.
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Three Years in California
Published by
A. S. Barnes & Burr, New York, 1860
Used
Hardcover
Seller: North Slope Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Presumed reprint - copyright shows 1850 with 1860 on title page. Corners bumped; edges lightly worn; small chips top and bottom of spine; minor foxing on frontis; ex-library with only library designation is large printed bookplate on front pastedown and embossed stamp on title page - no library marks outside. Brown cloth binding with gilt title on spine. 456pp. Remarkable condition for 160-year old book. Lots of interesting content concerning California mid-19th century. Seller Inventory # 5334
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Three Years in California.
Published by
S. A. Rollo & Co., New York, 1859
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
456 pp. plus pub. cat. Complete with frontispiece and 12 plates. 8vo, publisher's cloth. Later edition. Some scattered inoffensive foxing; spine sunned with light wear to extremities; tight and sound. Seller Inventory # 54570
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Three Years in California
Published by
Stanford Univ. Press, 1949
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Phoenix Books/Joanne's Used Books, Los Banos, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 3 out of 5 stars
Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. First Edition. Three Years in California by Colton, Walter Stanford Univ. Press, 1949, lst. Hardback in good condition, acceptable dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, some tanning of pages due to paper used and age. Dust jacket shows signs of wear with dings, chips, nicks etc., owners name inside cover. This is the story written by Rev. Walter Colton of the U.S.N. from his diaries of his voyage to Pacific waters and California in 1845. Born in 1797 he had at 17 joined the navy to see the world. Ill health got in his way and he became a Minster, however the sea called and he saw the world from Lisbon, Messina, Constantinople and when the call came for California he accepted. This book is the story of his travels during that period. Book. Seller Inventory # 004186
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The Land of Gold; or, Three Years in California
Published by
Cleaves, Macdonald & Co, Boston, 1886
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Hardcover
Seller: Americana Books, ABAA, Stone Mt, GA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Later printing. Octavo. 456 pages, [1]. Illustrated. Folding facsimile California Constitution. Brown cloth covered boards with green cloth spine and covered joints. Gilt title on the spine. Marbled text edges. Light edge wear to the cloth extremities. Pages 395-406 chipped top corner edges with very minor loss of paper that does not affect any contents. Previous owner name in pencil on the right front flyleaf. A good or better copy. Reference Graff 839; Field; 346; Howes C 625. Seller Inventory # 31008
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Three Years in California
Published by
S. A. Rollo And Co, New York, 1859
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Cover Worn and Soiled/base of spine damaged/flyleaf creased. Seller Inventory # 290681
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Three Years In California
Published by
A.S. Barnes and Company, New York, 1850
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Recycled, Corte Madera, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated (illustrator). 1st Edition. Rebound later in plain cloth and somewhat foxed, but complete with six portraits, six humorous plates and the large folding facsimile page of the California Declaration of Rights, which has been linen backed. Seller Inventory # 1667
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Three Years in California
Published by
A&S Barnes, New York, 1850
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Pazzo Books, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Fair Condition. First Edition. Original cloth, spine torn and taped and more or less perished, boards are intact otherwise. With 12 plates, a frontis and the folding Declaration of California Rights in very good condition with opne small tape repair. Moderate foxing throughout, old ownership marks to endpapers. Howes C-625, Zamorana 80 #20, Sabin 14800. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Americana; Exploration. Inventory No: 045030. Seller Inventory # 045030
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Three Years in California
Published by
A. S. Barnes & Co, New York, 1850
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First edition. 456pp. Octavo [19 cm] in decorative blindstamped green cloth with gilt spine title and cover device. In attractive modern slipcase of marbled paper over sturdy boards. The front pastedown has a previous owner's bookplate and the remains of a small label. The pages are lightly foxed throughout. The text block is sporadically cracked. The preliminary pages, including the frontispiece, have very light tidemarks. Complete. All plates present. With the Declaration of Rights in the Constitution of California (with a 5" closed tear). Wright Howes, 631. The George W. Soliday Collection of Western Americana (A Descriptive Checklist by Peter Decker), II, 233. Walter Colton served as the first Alcalde of Monterey, and was the co-publisher of California's first newspaper, "The Californian.". Seller Inventory # 55764
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