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Published by Talisman Press, Georgetown, Calif., 1964
Seller: Chanticleer Books, ABAA, Fort Bragg, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Original olive-green cloth; quarto; 258 pp. Fronitispiece, 2 illustrations, map endpapers. Considered the best account of French participation in the California gold rush. 4 of the 13 letters translated here were written from San Francsico, where Derbec later edited a French-language newsaper - "Echo du Pacifique" - the others from the mining districts. Kurutz 190. A fine book, entirely clean and unworn, in fairly worn jacket First edition. Edition limited to 750 copies.
Published by The Talisman Press, Georgetown, CA, 1964
Seller: DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books, Burke, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original tan cloth with gold-stamped spine. Pict. dust jacket Minor discoloration and wear to dust jacket, else near fine Edited by A. P. Nasatir. 258 pp. Frontispiece portrait, 2 additional pages of portraits and facsimiles, text illustrations, endpaper map. Index. One of 750 copies. "Derbec's thirteen letters form the best account of French activities in the Gold Rush. He wrote the first letter on February 1, 1850. Clean. Limited Edition.