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American West Publishing, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. 412 pages. 1971 reprint of 1893 book. Lightly toned pages; tight book; very good shape otherwise. The jacket has some wear, a few small tears and discoloring. Original title page also says "reminiscences of personal experience and research in the early days of the Pacific coast from Alaska to Panama." Bookplate and previous owner's stamp inside. Quantity Available: 1. Category: American History; ISBN: 0910118221. ISBN/EAN: 9780910118224. Inventory No: 206167. . 9780910118224

Palo Alto, CA: American West Pub, 1971. Has DJ (price on). Hard Cover. Good/Good.

Palo Alto, CA: American West Publishing, 1971. Facsimile Reprint. 1st Printing. Cloth. About Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Facsimile Reprint of 1893 Edition. Hard cover 8vo in blue cloth w/gold titles. About Fine w/bookplate front endpaper, else Fine and unmarked; in Very Good edgeworn unclipped DJ 1/ narrow 1" chip top rear panel, now in clear protective cover. xi, 412pp inc. Index; illustrated in photos and reproductions, many full page.

American West Publishing CO.. 1971 VG/G, DJ Chipped with small closed tear along edges, D in protective mylar, a facsmile of tge original 1893 edition, previous owners names & dates on inside front cover, Downie came from Scotland for the California Gold Rush, this is his account, ISB

American West Publishing Company, 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. Facsimile of the original 1893 edition, near fine blue cloth hardcover shows a touch of shelf and trace wear to covers, else tight and clean, in very good + price-clipped dust jacket that shows rubbing and edge wear that includes some short closed tears. 412 pages with black & white illustrations. Remains an attractive copy of this facsimile edition of the classic 1893 work of these "...reminisences of personal experience and research in the early days of the pacific cost from Alska to Panama.

Palo Alto, CA: American West Pub, 1971. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine in VG DJ. reprint of 1893 original. Some scrapes on DJ. 6805.

Palo Alto, California: American West Publishing Company. Very Good. (1971). Hardcover. 412 pages, navy boards with gilt stamping. The covers show some slight discoloration. The contents are bright and complete. Very Good in a slightly soiled and edge chipped dust jacket. .

American West Publishing, 1971. Facsimile reprint. Inked name, else fine in fine, faintly worn dust jacket in mylar cover..

American West Publishing Co, 1971. hardback. very good condition in a dust jacket.

Palo Alto, California: American West Publishing Company, [1971], 1971. First edition. First thus. 8vo. Original edition published in 1893. Blue cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine, decorated front and rear endpapers, xi [1], 412 pp., note to the reader, introduction, frontispiece (portrait), illustrated, portraits, contents, index. A facsimile reprint of the original edition of 1893 with an index added as well as an introduction by Robert H. Becker. Fine bright copy in dust jacket with minor wear to the spine ends and corners.

UsedGood. 1971 American West hardcover with jacket, tight and unmarked, mild jacket edge wear and tear. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

San Francisco: The California Publishing Co, 1893. Hardcover. Good. 407 p. 29 cm. Frontispiece portrait and 45 other b&w plates as well as numerous in-text line drawings. Green cloth with gold print. Bevelled edges, blank impressing. Corners bumped, spine ends softened, slight edge wear, and spine lean. Tape-repaired front endpapers and frontispiece, former owner's label and ink signature. William Downie joined the California Gold Rush of 1849 and, having acquired the gold fever, spent the next 50 years hunting for it in various parts of the wild west. Hunting For Gold is Downie's personal memoir of his treasure-seeking adventures as far north as Alaska and as far south as Panama. Written in the 1890s, when he was in his eighties, his account is of interest for anyone inspired by the Gold Rush and the areas in and around Downieville, California, named after William himself.

San Francisco: The California Publishing Co., 1893. Good+ in its original 1/2 black, pebbled leather and black cloth covered boards with gilt text and blind stamping on the spine and gilt text on the front board. An octavo o 8 3/4 by 5 3/4 inches with the leather at the head and heel of the spine chipped in several areas down to the edge of the text block and the leather rubbed and worn through over the tips of the boards. The hinges and joints are tight, strong and show no signs of weakness. The contents are clean and save for a few pages are generally free of foxing and tanning. 407 pages which includes tables of contents at the rear of the book. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author and with engravings and reproductions of photographs throughout. A native of Scotland, the author heard about the discovery of gold in California while in Buffalo, He shipped around Cape Horn and arrived in San Francisco on June 27th 1849 and subsequently worked mines around the Sacramento… Read More

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