TO CALIFORNIA AND THE SOUTH SEAS: THE DIARY OF ALBERT G. OSBUN 1849-1851
by Osbun, Albert G. (John Haskell Kemble, editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Talent, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1966. First edition, first printing . Hardcover. 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.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31115
- Title
- TO CALIFORNIA AND THE SOUTH SEAS: THE DIARY OF ALBERT G. OSBUN 1849-1851
- Author
- Osbun, Albert G. (John Haskell Kemble, editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Publisher
- Huntington Library
- Place of Publication
- San Marino, CA
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- gold rush, california
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana;
Terms of Sale
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Talent, Oregon
About Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books has been a full-time mail order bookstore since 1984. Beginning with a small inventory of 400 books, we now have over 10,000 books. Though we do not have an open store, every year we exhibit at between 12 to 14 book fairs and events in the Western United States. All our books are listed on line and visitors are welcome by appointment.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...