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Gustave Bergenroth: A Memorial Sketch
Gustave Bergenroth: A Memorial Sketch
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Author: Cartwright, W. C.
Title: Gustave Bergenroth: A Memorial Sketch
Place Published: Edinburgh
Publisher:Edmonston and Douglas
Date Published: 1870
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xvi, 315 pp. (7½x5"), period full calf with repairs to spine ends and joints, tooled and lettered in gilt, gilt-stamped device on covers, all edges marbled. First Edition.



Bergenroth, a German national and political activist, fled to California in 1850 in the face of anti-Socialist political pressure in his native Berlin. "Contains his California experiences in 1850, including his formation of a motley crew of unsavory adventures, one of whom was executed by Vigilantes. Leaving California in 1851, he ultimately earned international fame as a scholar" - Howes C209; Cowan p. 108; Rocq 8298. Pacific-Union Club bookplate, bookseller's label pasted to front free endpaper.

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Light rubbing at ends of mildly sunned spine, light wear; fore-edge chips to front free endpaper, offsetting around edges of both endpapers; very good or better.
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