Search Results: california and its gold regions with by robinson fayette

New York: Stringer and Townsend, 1849.. 144pp. Dbd. Titlepage soiled. Upper outer corner of first fifty-five pages gnawed, not affecting text. Scattered light foxing, a stain in upper outer corner or second half of text. A decent copy, lacking the frontispiece engraving and large folding frontispiece map. According to Wheat, "One of the best of the early books on California printed for gold seekers." Robinson, who had produced a book on the Mexican-American War shortly before, drew on both official and unofficial sources for this book. Kurutz calls this work "a fine anthology of several of the earliest reports of the gold discovery, conditions in California, history of the region, and ways to reach the diggings...." Among the sources drawn on are reports by Mason, Fremont, Larkin, Emory, and Kearny; and newspaper accounts. Robinson discusses several routes to California, recommending the northern Overland Trail as the best. Howes, Kurutz, and Sabin note two issues, of 137 and 144 pages, of which this… Read More

New York: Stringer and Townsend, 1849.. 137pp. plus [6]pp. of advertisements. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers nearly detached and soiled, heavily worn and scuffed, especially near the spine, where they are almost completely effaced. Titlepage a bit dusty, but generally quite clean internally. A decent copy, lacking the large folding map. According to Wheat, "One of the best of the early books on California printed for gold seekers." Robinson, who had produced a book on the Mexican-American War shortly before, drew on both official and unofficial sources for this book. Kurutz calls this work "a fine anthology of several of the earliest reports of the gold discovery, conditions in California, history of the region, and ways to reach the diggings." Among the sources drawn on are reports by Mason, Fremont, Larkin, Emory, and Kearny, as well as newspaper accounts. Robinson discusses several routes to California, recommending the northern Overland Trail as the best. The map, lacking from this copy, is… Read More

New York: Stringer and Townsend, 1849.. 144p. plus frontispiece engraving and large folding frontispiece map. Antique-style three- quarter polished calf and marbled boards, raised bands, gilt morocco label. Very minor foxing; early tear in inner margin of map, professionally repaired. Near fine. According to Wheat, "One of the best of the early books on California printed for gold seekers." Robinson, who had produced a book on the Mexican-American War shortly before, drew on both official and unofficial sources for this book. Kurutz calls this work "a fine anthology of several of the earliest reports of the gold discovery, conditions in California, history of the region, and ways to reach the diggings....The excellent map is important for delineating the various sea and overland routes to California." The gold region is tinted yellow on the map, as well as on the inset "Map of the Gold Region," and the overland routes are drawn in blue. Among the sources drawn on are reports by Mason, Fremont,… Read More

First Edition. paperback. Its Mineral and Agricultural Resources, Prepared from Official and Authentic Documents. large folding map. 137, [1]pp. + 6pp. of ads. 8vo, original pr. wrs.; (spine worn, wrs. lightly soiled, light foxing to map, light foxing to text, mostly on margins, a few pencil marks in margins, small biography of author on separate modern paper pasted on blank inner wr., light dampstain from p. 135 to end). N.Y.: Stringer & Townsend, 1849.<br/><br/> Map of the United States and California shows the routes of the United States mail steam packets to California and various overland routes. The map is 47 x 63 cm. "One of the best of the early books on California printed for gold seekers." Wheat 168. Cowan p. 537. Eberstadt 107:62. Streeter Sale IV, 2595. Graff 3527. Sabin 72070. Howes R-366.<br/><br/>