THE DIARY OF A FORTY-NINER
by Canfield, Chauncey L. [ ed
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About This Item
Boston, 1920. xviii,253pp. Including frontispiece map. Original cloth. Bookplate. Very good. Second printing, after the first of 1906. There has been some question as to the authenticity of this California gold mining diary, but it was supposed to have been kept by Alfred T. Jackson of Norfolk, Ct., and covers the period from May 18, 1850 to June 17, 1852. Canfield, in his preface, states that the original leather-bound journal of some three hundred pages had every evidence of genuineness. HOWES C111. COWAN, p.104. GRAFF 571. KURUTZ 114b.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company (US)
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- Title
- THE DIARY OF A FORTY-NINER
- Author
- Canfield, Chauncey L. [ ed
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1920
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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