THE CALIFORNIA GOLD DISCOVERY. de Paul, Rodman W

The Talisman Press,, 1967-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.1102 9.1299 6.5709.

Talisman Press, Georgetown, Cali, 1966T. hardcover. Good. . Book has shelf wear. Pages are tanning. Foxing has occurred on the edges of the pages.

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.

PAUL, Rodman W. The California Gold Discovery: Sources, Documents, Accounts and Memoirs Relating to the Discovery of Gold at Sutter's Mill. Georgetown, CA: The Talisman Press, 1966. 1st ed. 4to. 237pp. Illus., portraits, folding view, maps, pictorial endpapers. Orig. black morocco-backed marbled boards, publisher's double slipcases, printed paper spine label on outer case. Fine. One of 100 numbered copies signed by author. Contains a detailed mass of accounts and sources.

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.