California Gringos; [California cattle ranch life]
de Torchiana, H. A. Van Coenen
- Usado
- very good
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Very Good/Very Good
- Librería
-
Sebastopol, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1930. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED by author, [7.5x5.25in] [5], 281 pp., frontispiece of Torchiana as a Ranch Superintendent, 20 plates of 22 black and white images; Dark blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine; Cream dust jacket with black lettering on front and spine, image of Torchiana on front; Minimal shelf wear to edges and corners in rubbing, slight age toning of text, singed by Torchiana on front end paper; Some Shelf wear to dust jacket with small chips top and bottom of spine, edges, and corners, darken spine with some soiling and rub markings on surfaces, not price clipped. [Six-Guns 2226, The Rampaging Herd 2313, Cowan64 p 641. H. A. Van Coenen Torchiana (1867-1940) was a native of the Netherlands, immigrated to America to see the West and become a lawyer. In 1913 he was appointed to as Consul General in San Francisco. Before the appointment, he was a working cowboy and became a manager on large cattle ranches in California. This book is his story in the early years as a cowboy and life in California late 1800's to early 1900's. The book also contains material on Joaquin Murieta, Black Bart, Chris Evans, the Sontags and other California outlaws. It is also a cultural history of the changes in population from the early Spanish settlers to the rise of the Gringos.
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- Librería
- David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 13920
- Título
- California Gringos; [California cattle ranch life]
- Autor
- Torchiana, H. A. Van Coenen
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Paul Elder and Company
- Lugar de publicación
- San Francisco
- Fecha de publicación
- 1930
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- GETMAN524
- Catálogos del vendedor
- History;
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Sobre el vendedor
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
Miembro 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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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
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