Mar 31, 2011 - Sale 2241

Sale 2241 - Lot 78

Price Realized: $ 1,320
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(CALIFORNIA--NEWSPAPERS.) California Farmer and Journal of Useful Sciences. Incomplete run of 11 volumes and 10 loose issues in folding case. Folio, various conditions and bindings; all ex-library bindings, most issues with inked library stamps. San Francisco, 1854-79
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As the title suggests, agriculture is the focus here, including extensive reporting on the young state's wine, silk, and fruit industries. Includes 7 loose issues dated 26 August 1854 (the first year of publication) through 1856. Bound volumes cover 1857-62, 1864, 1869-70, and 1876 to January 1879. Most volumes are complete or fairly close. The consignor's more detailed collation is available upon request.