Mountains and Molehills, or Recollections of a Burnt Journal.

Stanford, CA Stanford University Press, 1952. Hardcover First Edition (1952); First Printing Thus, unstated, in accordance with Stanford University Press' customary practice. No subsequent printings noted as would have been Stanford's practice. First Edition (1952); First Printing Thus, unstated, in accordance with Stanford University Press' customary practice. No subsequent printings noted as would have been Stanford's practice. Very Good: in Good DJ. The Book shows a former owner's bookplate at the front pastedown endpaper; the top edge is somewhat dusted; the front board is slightly bowed; the binding leans slightly but remains secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. A carefully used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing several minor flaws but little wear. The DJ shows a 3"x1" chip at the heel of the backstrip; severa; chips and tears along the top edge; splitting along the outside edge of the front panel; some age-darkening to the backstrip, though the titles and designs thereon remain clearly legible; the price is intact; mylar-protected. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.25 x 1.4 inches). v, 393 pages, plus.16-page Index. Introduction and Notes by Marguerite Eyer Wilbur. Illustrated with drawings by the author in black & white. Language: English. Weight: 19.8 ounces. Facsimile of the First American Edition published in 1855. Brown and tan cloth over boards with dark brown titles and designs at the front panel and backstrip. Language: English. Weight: 19.4 ounces. Hardback with DJ. Frank Marryat (1826–1855) was an English sailor, artist, and author. He was one of the sons of Captain Frederick Marryat. In 1850, he left England for California via Panama with a manservant and three hunting dogs. This provided the material for another book, published in New York in 1855, a sportsman-tourist's chronicle of California in the early 1850s: hunting, horse races, bear and bull fights, and an Englishman's bemused comments on social life in San Francisco, Stockton, and the gold fields. There is also a long and vivid description of the San Francisco Fire of 1851. He had returned to England in 1853, married, and prepared to return with his new bride to California that same year. However, he had contracted yellow fever on board ship, which forced him to cut the trip short and return to England. He died there shortly before his book was published, under this title: Mountains and Molehills, or Memoirs of a Burnt Journal.