Hunting For Gold de Downie, Major William - 1971

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.

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..

Sylvanite Publishing, 2016. Paperback. New. 410 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.93 inches.

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, CA: California Publishing Co, 1893. First edition. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait of the author, illustrated from photographs and wood engravings, plates, portraits. Howes D-448 ("aa"): "Unassuming but valuable reminiscences of an inveterate miner and pioneer." Graff 1143. Soliday II, 357: "The author was the first white man to cross from the coast to the Frazer River. His narrative is of the kind to furnish the novelist with first hand material. It deserves a place among the best of pacific Coast pioneer works." Streeter sale 3016: "Major Downie's recollections of the first two eventful years of prospecting and mining on the Yuba belong to the contemporary accounts of this period." Wheat Gold Rush 6. Smith 1023. Very good. Original black pebbled cloth boards with leather corners, rebacked in matching black cloth, floral endpapers, gilt title on upper cover. (#5769).