The Notorious I.C. Woods of the Adams Express

by Albert Shumate

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First edition · Signed

Shumate, Albert. The Notorious I.C. Woods of the Adams Express. Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1986. First edition. 144 pp. Publisher's red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. A near fine copy in near fine dust jacket. Inscribed by author on title page. Internally clean. 30. * The definitive biography of Isaiah Churchill Woods, a prominent San Francisco entrepreneur whose legacy was marred by the catastrophic 1855 collapse of the Adams & Co. banking empire.

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