In Pursuit of the Golden Dream de GARDINER, Howard C.; Edited By: MORGAN, Dale L - 1970

Western Hemisphere, Inc, 1970. Hard cover. Fair/No jacket. Cover has extensive spotting, as well as some black scuff marks. Top book edge has heavy foxing, bottom book edge has a large stain. Inside pages are quite nice, with very scant foxing and smudges.

Western Hemisphere, Inc, 1970-01-01. Edition not stated. Hardcover. Very Good/No dustjacket as issued. 9x6x1. Minor wear & small discolorations on boards. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. Folding map tipped in at rear. **Please note: book is oversized and heavy, and will require substantial additional shipping fees to international or expedited addresses.**

Western Hemisphere, Inc, 1970. Large hardback in very good condition. Name on front end page at top corner. 1849-1857.. Hardcover. Very Good.

Stoughton, MA: Western Hemisphere, Inc.. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued; Boards rubbed, page tops spotted.. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. lxv, 390pp, notes, index. Red gilt-decorated cloth binding. A collection of contemporary personal narratives about the California Gold Rush. Eight illustrations, two maps, including folding map tipped-in to rear pastedown. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Stoughton, Massachusetts: Western Hemisphere, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition, excellent publication, 390 pages plus fold out map attached to rear paste down, Reminiscences of San Francisco and the Northern and Southern Mines, 1849-1857, oversized book 11 inches in height, ultra clean red cloth with bright gilt titles to spine and front board, 8 quality illustrations, personal experiences from diaries, traveling to the mines, mining, life in various locations, San Francisco all from 1848 through 1857. Book is near Fine, No previous owner bookplate or writing, tight and square with sharp corners, Never read condition. Designed and printed by Lawton and Kennedy San Francisco. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Stoughton, Massachusetts: Western Hemisphere, Inc, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Edited by Dale L. Morgan. Eight illustrations, with two maps, including one folding. Stoughton, Massachusetts, 1970. First edition. Gardiner wrote this detailed and rich recollection for the benefit of his children, completing the manuscript in 1896. He left New York City on the steamer Crescent City in March 1849, crossed the Isthmus of Panama, took the brig Sylph to San Francisco, and arrived in late July. During his stay in California, he mined at Hawkins' Bar and Sullivan's Creek between August 1849 and March 1850; the Mariposa mines from April to July 1850; Horse Shoe Bar on the American River from May to September 1851; and Secret Ravine from October to June 1852. Other locations mined by Gardiner from 1852 until his return home in 1857 included Swett's Bar, Indian Bar, Chambers' Bar, and Belvidere Flat. He also wrote in some detail about his visits to San Francisco and Stockton. Red cloth binding, with… Leer más

Stoughton, Massachusetts: Western Hemisphere, Inc, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 390 p. Edited by Dale L. Morgan. Eight illustrations, with two maps, including one folding. Stoughton, Massachusetts, 1970. First edition. Gardiner wrote this detailed and rich recollection for the benefit of his children, completing the manuscript in 1896. He left New York City on the steamer Crescent City in March 1849, crossed the Isthmus of Panama, took the brig Sylph to San Francisco, and arrived in late July. During his stay in California, he mined at Hawkins' Bar and Sullivan's Creek between August 1849 and March 1850; the Mariposa mines from April to July 1850; Horse Shoe Bar on the American River from May to September 1851; and Secret Ravine from October to June 1852. Other locations mined by Gardiner from 1852 until his return home in 1857 included Swett's Bar, Indian Bar, Chambers' Bar, and Belvidere Flat. He also wrote in some detail about his visits to San Francisco and Stockton. This copy was… Leer más

Stoughton, MA: Western Hemisphere, Inc, 1970. First Edition. 390pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Red cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board. Near fine. Fold-out map present at the rear. "If those who read Howard Gardiner's account of his experiences in California between 1849 and 1857 will thereafter return to this summary survey, they will be impressed with the immense solidity of his narrative, and the large extent of the canvas on which he has worked. I think it is quite clear that nothing in the existing literature compares with his reminiscences." - Dale Morgan. In addition to reprinting Gardiner's work, Morgan compiled a substantial introduction consisting of a bibliographic essay on the northern mines and correspondence concerning the original publication of the reminiscences. Gardiner rounded the Horn in 1849. The narrative is pleasantly readable with the color of mining life and surroundings painted on the business-like outlines of actual mining. Particularly interesting are the… Leer más

Reminisences of San Francisco and the Northern and Southern Mines, 1849-1857. Edited by Dale L. Morgan. Stoughton: 1970. 390pp.

Stoughton: Western Hemisphere, Inc., 1970. lxv,390pp. Cloth, leather spine. Top edge trimmed, other edges untrimmed. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Fine. In slipcase. Limited edition, one of 100 copies signed by the editor, Dale L. Morgan. A major Gold Rush narrative, written by one of the Gardiners of Gardiners' Island off eastern Long Island. One of the most important accounts of the California mines published in modern times. Map of central California included. MINTZ 551. KURUTZ 262.