8vo, 401pp., red cloth; cream dj with three nicks at head of spine American Trails Series X. Foreword by Ray Allen Billington. "Diary exceptional on its own account for the thoroughness of overland coverage, penetrating observations of human character and trail geography, and a felicitous literary style. It becomes a classic through interpolations of grandson Bruce, who spent twenty-four seasons retracing every foot of Byron's route - Mattes, 894." Illustrated with 38 images, mostly photographic supplied by the grandson, and a map. This well-done book is engrossing - Mintz, THE TRAIL, 321]. [Not in Wagner-Camp, or Cowan].

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Title

THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH OVERLAND DIARY 1850-1852 With a biographical sketch and comment on a modern tracing of his overland travel by his grandson Bruce L. McKinstry

Publisher

Arthur H. Clarke Company, Glendale, CA

Publication Date

1975

Language

English

ISBN 10

0870621149

ISBN 13

9780870621147

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

plates, map

Edition

First edition.

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

fine

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Book by Byron Nathan McKinstry, Bruce L. McKinstry

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Joyce And Company, established 1975, works out of an office near Chicago's Loop. There are usually 15-20,000 books on-site and available for browsing. Mr. Joyce was a founding partner of the former Chicago Rare Book Center, of Chicago and Evanston, Illinois. Proprietor Tom Joyce appeared regularly as the book appraiser on "The Appraisal Fair", seen on Home And Garden Television, HGTV. We still do appraisals on a wide variety of subjects, from literature to history, fine books, children's, presses, theology, law, medicine, maps, autographs. These topics are reflected in our inventory, and much more, including Sherlockiana. In addition to regional institutions nearby Chicago and Illinois, we have been able to place rare materials with the American Antiquarian Society, The Library of Congress, The Bodleian Library, Harvard and Yale Universities, the Presidential Libraries of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, et cetera.

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