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The Bibliophile Sale
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New York, NY 10036-1902 ![]()
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CALIFORNIA - DOONER, P. W. Last Days of the Republic. San Francisco: Alta California Publishing House, 1880. 8vo (220 x 145 mm). Plates. Publisher's cloth, front cover pictorially stamped in gilt. Condition: foxing; front hinge split between the title and frontispiece; some soiling and wear to binding. "The work of a most vivid imagination, portraying the taking of the United States, beginning with California, by the Chinese, who proceed to convert the country into an Oriental dominion with Oriental laws" (Cowan). Cowan, p. 178.ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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