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Item Details
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| Author: |
Benton, J. A. |
| Title: |
California Pilgrim: A Series of Lectures |
| Place: |
Sacramento |
| Publisher: |
Solomon Alter |
| Date: |
1853 |
| Item # : |
194524 |
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| Sale Number |
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387 |
| Lot Number |
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47 |
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| Americana - Travel & Exploration - Cartography |
| Sale Date |
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09/11/2008 |
| Sale Time |
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1pm PST |
| Low Estimate |
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$ 200 |
| High Estimate |
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$ 300 |
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| Description: |
| viii, 261 pp. Illustrated with 6 wood-engraved plates by Charles Nahl. 7½x5, original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. |
| "Written in the form of an allegory, this work gives many details of Californian life. The author, a clergyman, was the founder of the Congregational church in California, having arrived in 1849" - Greenwood. According to Kurutz, "[the] wood engravings are the first set of illustrations by Charles Christian Nahl for a full-length book." Cowan p. 48-9; Greenwood 378; Kurutz 49. |
| Condition: |
| Spine and front cover sunned, covers show light wear and a few stains; endpapers darkened, else very good. |
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