THE SHIRLEY LETTERS FROM CALIFORNIA MINES IN 1851-52:. Being a Series of Twenty-Three Letters from Dame Shirley (Mrs. Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe) to her Sister in Massachusetts and now Reprinted from the Pioneer Magazine of 1854-55 with Synopses of the Letters, a Foreword, and Many Typographical and other Corrections and Emendations, by Thomas C. Russell, Together with "An Appreciation" by Mrs. M.V.T. Lawrence.
San Francisco: Thomas C. Russell, 1922.
Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. Item #55256
Limited edition #381of 450 copies, (one of 200 copies on Exeter book Paper). SIGNED by contributor and publisher, Thomas C. Russell. Octavo. 9.5 x 6.75". 350pp. Illustrated. Grey paper covered boards, with tan cloth spine and paper title label. Light wear with some darkening to edges. Endpapers browned- offsetting. Some mild toning to page edges and a little bit of light foxing to first and last few pages. Nice solid copy.
Price: $375.00
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