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The Book Club of California, 1997. Hard cover. Very good/No jacket. 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.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1997. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Clear Mylar (Custom). 771 pages. SIGNED and dated in ink by author Gary Kurutz on the half-title. Illustrated. One of 1000 un-numbered copies. Original blue cloth with gilt cover vignette. 7 1/4" x10 3/4". Location symbols. List of references consulted. Index. Introduction by J. S. Holliday. The definitive masterwork bibliography of the California Gold Rush. No collection of Western Americana is complete without it. Zamorano Select #57. A very fine copy, with plain paper jacket, custom spine titling, now in a custom clear mylar protective jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books via media mail to any United States address.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1997. First Edition. Fine. SIGNED, limited to 1000 [7.5x10.75"]; xxvii,771 pp., 34 images, Over 700 entries, abbreviations, references consulted and index; Dark blue cloth board with gilt illustration of shovel, pick ax and mining pan on front and gilt lettering in black field on spine; Slight shelf wear with rubbing and soiling to covers and slightly fading of spine, no internal markings, signed by Kurutz and dated on half title with State of California Library business card tipped in. [BCC 206]. This is a significant bibliography focusing on the California Gold Rush with 706 entries with extensive bibliographic descriptions and annotations on editions. There are also extensive narratives of relating to the authors, the times and settings relating to the books. An essential research book for collectors and book dealers in the California Gold Rush.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1997. 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.

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… Leer más

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Fine Dust Jacket. 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.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1997. blue cloth with title on spine and gold design on front cover, plain paper dust jacket. Book Club of California. large 8to. blue cloth with title on spine and gold design on front cover, plain paper dust jacket. 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… Leer más

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited to 1,000 copies. Indispensable in every regard, Kurutz's bibliography revamps and expands Carl I. Wheat's Books of the California Gold Rush, which was formerly the standard work on the subject. Alphabetically arranged, this volume describes 707 titles pertaining to the California Gold Rush from 1848 to 1853, and published between 1848 and 1994, identifying all variants and subsequent republications, and providing scholarly annotations that detail the history, content, and importance of each work. Includes textual illustrations and an introduction by J.S. Holliday. Signed by Kurutz on the title page. Quarto. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt and black stamping. A fine copy in the original plain paper dust jacket.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1997. First Edition, Limited to 1000 copies. SIGNED by the author. Quarto, xxviii, 771pp. Publisher's prospectus laid in. Blue cloth in plain white dustjacket, as issued. A fine copy. Now considered the definitive reference work on the subject consisting of 706 annotated entries with brief historical details & importance of each work.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1997 First edition. One of 1,000 copies produced by W. Thomas Taylor of Barksdale, Texas. Introduction by J.S. Holliday. xxvii, 771pp. Color plate, plus 24 unnumbered pages of illustrations; bibliography and index. Blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. A very fine copy in publisher's plain white dust jacket. A fully annotated bibliography, this is a monumental work of reference. Eight years in the making, it contains descriptions of 1,126 issues and editions of 707 individual works, all in great detail and with summaries and publishing histories. Includes published diaries, journals, reminiscences, collections of letters, guidebooks, sermons, mining company reports, contemporary novels, etc. Absolutely essential to any Gold Rush collection. [Zamorano Select: 57]..

San Francisco.: The Book Club of California., 1997.. First edition.. Gilt decorated hard cover. . Fine copy in fine (light sunning to edges) dust jacket (in mylar). . 4to.. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Signed by the author. Very scarce in this condition.