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hardcover. Condition: VeryGood.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hard Cover -- VG/VG -- Book and dust jacket show only light wear -- 233 pages with index.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book does not have dust jacket. Book has mild rubbing to corners of cover, mild rubbing to edges of spine, mild foxing to edgeblock, very mild toning to edgeblock, very mild toning to endpages, abd very mild foxing to endpages. otherwise book is in very good condition with a bright cover, clean pages, and a solid binding. *Photos available upon request.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo. xiii, 233p. Frontispiece black and white photo of Albert Gallatin Osbun, black and white map of the area in California visited by Gallatin, and a double page sketch of the Pacific Ocean drawn by Osbun. Letters; Appendix A: Persons; Appendix B: Places; Appendix C: Ships; and Index. Green cloth with gilt letters on the spine. Near fine with clean cloth, bright gilt, illustrations in fine condition, and with no internal markings. Dust jacket slightly darkened around the edges, else very good to near fine and not price-clipped. This is an account of a trw-year odyssey by an Ohio doctor to the gold mines on the Yuba and upper Sacramento rivers. The enterprise was abandoned after six months and Osbun organized an expedition to buy pigs, chickens, yams and other provisions for the San Francisco market from the natives of the Pacific Islands. This book comprises his observations on these journeys.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. xiii, 233 pp, b&w frontis, introduction, 1. Ohio -- Panama -- San Francisco; 2. San Francisco -- Benicia -- Sacramento -- Youba River; 3. Sacramento River; 4. Sacramento -- San Francisco; 5. Voyage to Stockton -- San Francisco; 6. Voyage to Fanning Island; 7. Samoan Islands; 8. Wallis Islands; 9. Voyage to Pearl and Hermes Reef -- Return to San Francisco; 10. San Francisco -- Voyage to Acapulco -- Journey across Mexico; Letters; Appendix A. Persons; B. Places; C. Ships, index with three maps. First Edition, 1966. "There is no such thing as a 'typical' California Gold Rush journal. Every journal and the experiences which fomed the basis of every journal reflected individual and unique happenings, and it yould be pointless to try to select one which was a common denominator. Dr. Osbun was remarkable at almost every turn. His journal throws light on phases of the Gold Rush, of life in San Francisco in 1849 and 1850, and on Pacific Ocean commerce which is of real interest and importance. Furthermore, he emerges from his narrative as a person worth knowing, a man who consciously and unconsciously reveals much that is amusing and significant about charactor." from the Introduction. Price clipped, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. The doctor's two year odyssey to the gold fields on the Yuba and upper Sacramento Rivers and then to the Pacific islands. Kurutz: 472. 233 pages with 2 maps, several small illustrations, and index. Bound in pale green cloth with silver lettering on spine. Fine in fine dust jacket with mild toning on spine panel. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. The doctor's two year odyssey to the gold fields on the Yuba and upper Sacramento Rivers and then to the Pacific islands. Kurutz: 472. 233 pages with 2 maps, several small illustrations, and index. Bound in pale green cloth with silver lettering on spine. Fine in fine price-clipped dust jacket with light toning on spine panel. Book.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. xiii, 233pp, index, appendices, few bw ills, map, frontis portrait. Or gray cloth in jacket. Prev owners bookplate inside front cover. Jacket spine darkened. An Ohio doctor travels to the California gold fields. Over 2 years he mines for gold on the Yuba and Sacramento Rivers, and after 6 months organizes an expedition to buy pigs, chickens, yams and other provisions for the San Francisco markets from the Pacific islands. Includes Samoa and the Wallis Islands, as well as a return journey via Mexico. Size: 8vo.…

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Condition: Very Good. 8vo. hardcover. 233pp. index. Very good+, light foxing to top edge of text-block. / Very good d/w.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 355 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 368 pages. 9.45x6.30x0.84 inches. In Stock.