Digging for Gold without a Shovel: The Letters of Daniel Wadsworth Coit, from Mexico City to San Francisco, 1848-1851. First Limited Hardcover (1/1200) Edition, 1967.
by Coit, Daniel Wadsworth; Hammong, George P. (ed.)
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About This Item
Old West Publishing Co., Denver, 1967. First edition. One of 1250 copies printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Introduction by George P. Hammond. Quarto. 116pp. Frontis portrait, 16 plates. Red pictorial cloth stamped in black & gold. A Near fine copy with the original clear plastic book cover (rear taped). An interesting series of letters from Coit to his wife describing Mexico City during the war with the United States, and California during the height of the Gold Rush. Eight of the plates reproduce his realistic sketches of San Francisco and of Benicia. Nine sketches of Mexico in 1848 are also included. [Kurutz: 142].
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- Title
- Digging for Gold without a Shovel: The Letters of Daniel Wadsworth Coit, from Mexico City to San Francisco, 1848-1851. First Limited Hardcover (1/1200) Edition, 1967.
- Author
- Coit, Daniel Wadsworth; Hammong, George P. (ed.)
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- No Binding
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1
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