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[Herbert O. Lang, et al., compilers]. A History of Tuolumne County, California. Compiled from the Most Authentic...
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Rare County History: Tuolumne, California
with a Woodcut Portrait of Mark Twain
[Herbert O. Lang, et al., compilers]. A History of
Tuolumne County, California. Compiled from the Most
Authentic Records. San Francisco: B.F. Alley, 1882. First edition.
Octavo. xi [1, blank] 509 [1, blank] 48 [Appendix] pages. Woodcut
frontispiece portrait and eleven woodcut portraits throughout.
Contemporary full sheep, attractively rebacked, and with a red
morocco lettering label stamped in gilt. Boards are mildly worn;
corners bumped. Marbled endpapers. Front joint just starting at the
bottom, hinges cracked but still sound, previous owner's ink
signature on preliminary blank, dampstain to preliminary leaves and
most apparent on the frontis portrait (extending all along the
gutter margin and two to three inches deep, touching the shoulder
on the portrait). Title-page with a slight tear at the bottom
gutter margin. Last leaf of the contents with some loss at the
bottom and re-inserted on a tab. Previous owner's pencil notes to
borders of contents leaves and also to some of the woodblock
portraits. Altogether, a very good, handsome copy. "One of the
rarest of all California histories....with only a few copies in
existence" --Norris. Includes a brief biography and portrait of
Mark Twain. County history that includes anecdotes of murder,
lynchings, robberies and other crimes; as well as natural disasters
and mining accidents.Adams, Six-Guns 2248. Howes L71. Cowan (II), p. 646. Norris 3968.
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