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Georgetown, CA: Talisman Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1966. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 237 pages; Very tiny chip upper front of jacket. Book is otherwise well taken care of. .

Georgetown, California: The Talisman Press, 1967 Second printing. 237pp. Portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, and maps. Index. Dark red cloth spine, printed yellow boards. Top corners slightly jammed, else a fine copy in slightly chipped, price-clipped pictorial dust jacket. An extremely comprehensive book on the California gold discovery, containing a mass of detailed accounts and sources relating to the event. Includes all known accounts by the participants..

Georgetown, Calif. : Talisman Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 237 p. : ill. (part col.) facsims., ports. ; 29 cm. Subjects: American History; California; USA; Mining; California Gold discoveries.

Georgetown, California: The Talisman Press. Fine. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto black cloth and marbled boards. Illustrated endpapers. Folding plate to the rear. Illustrated. #79/100, signed by the author. There appears to be hand coloring to the title page. An excellent copy without wear. Enclosed in a red cloth case and again in a dark green slipcase. The red interior case is nearly fine. The exterior case has some light wear but is very solid. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 237 pages; Signed by Author .

Georgetown: The Talisman Press, 1966 First edition. Scarce thus. 237pp. Portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, and maps. Dark red cloth spine, printed yellow boards. A very fine copy in price-clipped pictorial dust jacket. An extremely comprehensive book on the California gold discovery, containing a mass of detailed accounts and sources relating to the event. Includes all known accounts by the participants. According to a printed note by the publisher (seen in some copies), part of the edition of this title was destroyed by a fire at the bindery. Subsequently, a second printing was issue immediately the following year. The first printing (offered here) is very scarce. Kurutz makes no mention of the fire or of the second printing in his bibliography. [Kurutz:485]..

Georgetown CA: The Talisman Press, 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine with no dust jacket. A little rubbing to covers. ; Laid in is a publisher's notice for the book and signed letter from the author to W. N. Davis Jr. (California State Historian - and my Father in law) wherein Rodman thanks him for his notes to assist in the publication of the book. Also laid in is a copy of a letter from Davis to Rodman wherein Davis' comments on the book are written. Also laid in are letters and copies of letters to and from Davis and Professor Doyce B. Nunis Jr. Editor of Southern California Quarterly wherein they write of book reviews Davis has done or may do for the journal. ; 8 1/2 x 11 1/8"; 237 pages.

Georgetown, California: The Talisman Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. This is number 96 of 100 copies in a special edition printed on Ticonderoga text, specially bound, boxed, and signed by the author. "The most comprehensive book ever published on the California gold discovery, containing a detailed mass of accounts and sources relating to that momentous event ... All known accounts by the participants in the gold discovery are here, including variant accounts by Marshall, Bigler, Brown, and Wimmer, plus the related testimony of Capt. Sutter." Tinted title page illustration, with 12 halftone reproductions, including a map of the gold discovery, and a folding panoramic photograph at the rear. Quarto. Original marbled paper-covered boards over a black leather spine, with gilt titles. A fine copy, housed in the publisher's two slipcases. Kurutz 485.