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LIFE ON THE PLAINS AND AMONG THE DIGGINGS; BEING SCENES AND ADVENTURES OF AN OVERLAND JOURNEY TO CALIFORNIA: WITH PARTICULAR INCIDENTS OF THE ROUTE, MISTAKES AND SUFFERINGS OF THE EMIGRANTS, THE INDIAN TRIBES, THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE GREAT WEST
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Auburn & Buffalo: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1854.. 384pp. plus four plates, including frontispiece. Publisher's blindstamped brown cloth, gilt pictorial spine. Wear, rubbing, and light soiling to boards, spine ends starting to fray, corners bumped and worn. Light foxing and occasional soiling throughout. Good. First edition, first issue. Delano went overland in 1849, and became one of the leading literary chroniclers of the Gold Rush as "Old Block." A factual account of the trip and life at the diggings. "One of the most forceful accounts of the journey to and of adventure in the mines of California, by a gifted observer and writer..." - Wheat. "One of the best 'forty-niner' narratives" - Howes. MINTZ 121. WAGNER-CAMP 238:1. HOWES D230. COWAN, p.163. WHEAT GOLD RUSH 57. KURUTZ 177a. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 132.
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- LIFE ON THE PLAINS AND AMONG THE DIGGINGS; BEING SCENES AND ADVENTURES OF AN OVERLAND JOURNEY TO CALIFORNIA: WITH PARTICULAR INCIDENTS OF THE ROUTE, MISTAKES AND SUFFERINGS OF THE EMIGRANTS, THE INDIAN TRIBES, THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE GREAT WEST
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- Delano, Alonzo
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- Miller, Orton & Mulligan
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- Auburn & Buffalo
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- 1854.
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New Haven, Connecticut
Sobre William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
