Search Results: committee of vigilance revolution in san by george r stewart

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Very Good. No Dust Jacket. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1964.

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1964. Hardback in very good + condition with very good condition dust jacket. Stated 1st printing.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Pages 339 pp.8vo. Clothbound. 1st edition. Black and white drawings throughout. Very good in price clipped dust jacket. Previous owner’s name embossed on title page.

Hardcover. Very good. Houghton Mifflin, 1964, 2nd printing, 339 pages, tight, square hardcover in a very good dust jacket, no owner's mark or underlining, light wear.

Boston: Houghton and Mifflin. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 339 pages; Price clipped jacket with some light soiling and edgewear. .

Boston: Houghton, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Second edition. Very good hardcover with Very good minus dustwrapper. 2nd printing. Dustwrapper is rubbed on the edges with tears at the folds, some have been repaired with tape from the inside. Book is slightly rubbed on the edges and the corners. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Boston: Houghton, 1964. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Near fine in very good dustwrapper. Bottom corners slightly bent. Dustwrapper shelf rubbed and slightly soiled. (soiling can come off with eraser). Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1964. 2nd printing; dj w/lite wear only, unclipped price, in mylar; tan c w/black titles; 339 clean, unmarked pages/index. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by B/w. 8 Vo.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin - The Riverside Press, 1964. Second Printing . Printed Russett Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. 8 5/16" Tall. This is a well-paced, well-researched account of the formation of the Committee of Vigilance by group of San Francisco citizens in 1851, how they succeeded in quelling the crime wave that prompted their organization (among the culprits were "Sydney ducks" - Australian ex-felons), and how they voluntarily dismantled themselves in 100 days, after their work had been completed. A rare strong example of beneficial community usurpation of police powers. 339 pages, with map, contemporary illustrations. Postscript, Retrospect, Sources and Acknowledgments, Notes, and Index; plus vii pages Contents, and Illustrations. DJ shows slight wear and discoloration; boards are clean and sound; text is clean and strong.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, (1964). Second printing. Hardcover book complete in its original dust jacket (price-clipped). 22 cm. 339 pp. Contains black-and-white illustrations. In near fine condition. No ownership marks/writing present within. Hinges tight, pages bright. Moderate edge wear/bumping, soiling, rubbing to the dust jacket (now protected under a removable mylar sleeve).

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1964. Reprint ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings, map, diagram, dark navy top edge, rough cut fore-edges, minor edgewear jacket, base spine & bottom edges slightly rubbed, pages lightly toned, minor annotation (small biro mark inside rear cover), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve (Brodart). 339 pp. George Stewart relates the story of the 103 men who operated outside the letter of the law and managed to preserve its spirit.. The Sydney Ducks were a group of convicts who had come to America from Australia legitimately or otherwise in search of gold. They found mining was not easy or as profitable as they thought, and many of them fell back to their old habits, and supported themselves by robbery. The author has based this book on a highly dramatic and significant episode in American history. He has constructed a narrative which combines tension and evocative detail with great… Read More