The Log of a Forty-Niner Journal of a Voyage from Newburyport to San Francisco in the Brig. Genl. Worth, Commanded by Capt. Samuel Walton
by Hale, Richard H. , edited by His Daughter, Carolyn Hale Russ
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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GRASS VALLEY, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: B. J. Brimmer Co.. Good. 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. General moderate wear & soil, with moderate rubbing cloth at joints, and wear through to boards at lower corner tips; some toning and a bit of thumbing to prelims; foxing to plates, and some facing text pages. "Please return to . . . " note in pencil on front endpaper by Alice R. Snow of Wusthof Beach, Mass. ; Cloth back and paper over boards; spine & cover title labels; illustrated with photographs and other reproductions throughout. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 183 pages; Calling card of Mr. And Mrs. Willis Robert Russ, Jamaica Plain pasted down on front endpaper. Prospectus laid in. Hale's adventures cover a period of more than four years, and take him into the mines again and again. He describes the early methods used to discover gold, and also tells of the incalculable obstacles to prevent the "home banker" from obtaining it. The Log fairly bristles eith thrilling ventures into which the youth is plunged while rounding the horn. [from the prospectus]. .
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- Bookseller
- G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10405
- Title
- The Log of a Forty-Niner Journal of a Voyage from Newburyport to San Francisco in the Brig. Genl. Worth, Commanded by Capt. Samuel Walton
- Author
- Hale, Richard H. , edited by His Daughter, Carolyn Hale Russ
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- B. J. Brimmer Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
- Western Americana, HISTORY, MARITIME, GOLD Rush, CALIFORNIA
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About the Seller
G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA
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GRASS VALLEY, California
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