Author: Robert Ernest Cowan
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2018-02-22
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780666176905
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from A Bibliography of the History of California and the Pacific West, 1510-1906: Together With the Text of John W. Dwinelle's Address on the Acquisition of California by the United States of America A survey made some time ago indicated the fact that a complete bib lio graphy of California within the se stated would comprehend about titles. If to these were added 2h): historic overlap into old Oregon and the Northwest, this numbermigh t be further augmented by perhaps 2, 000 works worthy of mention. The proportions of so formidablep a work would preclude its publication, and Were it indeed possible, such a work could serve no serious purpose in the general plan of utility. It was plainly demonstrated that the pr oected task must either be abandoned or greatly abridged. That portion 0? The task which could be most readily detached and wron ht into unity was the catalogue of those works that woulda to be of egreatest interest to the collector or the student of C ornia history in its broader sense. It has been deemed advisable to limit the present work in scope to about titles and to close it with the year 1905. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book A Bibliography of the History of California and the Pacific West, 1510-1906 written by Robert Ernest Cowan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Bibliography of the History of California and the Pacific West, 1510-1906: Together With the Text of John W. Dwinelle's Address on the Acquisition of California by the United States of America A survey made some time ago indicated the fact that a complete bib lio graphy of California within the se stated would comprehend about titles. If to these were added 2h): historic overlap into old Oregon and the Northwest, this numbermigh t be further augmented by perhaps 2, 000 works worthy of mention. The proportions of so formidablep a work would preclude its publication, and Were it indeed possible, such a work could serve no serious purpose in the general plan of utility. It was plainly demonstrated that the pr oected task must either be abandoned or greatly abridged. That portion 0? The task which could be most readily detached and wron ht into unity was the catalogue of those works that woulda to be of egreatest interest to the collector or the student of C ornia history in its broader sense. It has been deemed advisable to limit the present work in scope to about titles and to close it with the year 1905. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
