Buy this book on-line Woolley, L. H. (Lell Hawley Woolley) : California 1849-1913; or, The Rambling Sketches and Experiences of Sixty-four Years' Residence in That StateDeWitt and Snelling, Oakland, CA, 1913
Original gray-brown paper wrappers. Dark purple lettering printed on front cover. Black lettering printed on spine. 5 3/4" x 9." Forty-eight pages, complete. One black-and-white frontispiece portrait of Woolley, complete. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning throughout and a former owner's bookplate tipped in on back of frontispiece (bookplate has an illustration of a desert landscape and reads, "Ex Libris Rhoda White"). Covers have browning on front, back, and spine (formerly gray but now mostly brown), a 1-inch chip at top of spine, a 1.5-inch chip at tail of spine, and some small splits along spine. A Very Good copy. Lell Hawley Woolley (1825-1920?) was an American pioneer and historian who came to California in 1849 when he was 24 years old. He was originally from Vermont and settled in Oakland. He was a member of the Society of California Pioneers and the Vigilance Committee of 1856. This book chronicles his travels across the plains to his later life as well as the early days of the Bay Area.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft cover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Woolley, L. H. (Lell Hawley Woolley) : California 1849-1913; or, The Rambling Sketches and Experiences of Sixty-four Years' Residence in That State. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, livres d'occasion, atlases, used books and rare books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |