Author: QUAIFE, MILO MILTON (ED)
Title: Pictures of Gold Rush California
Description: Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1949. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt borders and medallion on cover, t.e.g, fore-edge deckle. Profusely illustrated with full-page, tissue-protected duotone drawings reproduced from contemporary sources and map. Includes a Historical Introduction by renowned historian Milo Quaife, an appendix, and an index. The chapters include: To California via Cape Horn; To California via Panama; To California via Mexico; California in 1848; San Francisco in 1849; the News Comes to Monterey; Three Weeks in a Mining Camp; How the Gold Was Mined; Chinese, Mexicans and Indians; Amusements of the Miners; and Argonaut Agreements and Mining Laws.. Gilt on spine faded, minor foxing on fore-edge only, else fine. VERY GOOD+ . The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 47. Duotone Drawings and Map. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. xlv, 383 pp. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

Keywords: Lakeside Classics; History; Gold Rush; California; 49ers; History Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books


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