TRAVELS IN MEXICO AND CALIFORNIA.
Clarke, Asa B.
Published by Boston, 1852
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138pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine lightly chipped, a few minor tears and stains to wrappers. Bright and clean internally. Very good. In a half morocco box. Asa Clarke left New York as a member of the Hampden Mining Company in late January 1849. He travelled to the mines of California from Camargo, Mexico, through Chihuahua and Sonora to the Gila River in Arizona (then the U.S.- Mexican boundary), arriving in Los Angeles on July 9. Clarke's narrative provides the first printed description of that route. He spent that winter at Marysville and Sacramento, and along the Yuba River. Streeter characterizes this narrative as "one of the most interesting [overlands].This route had not previously been described." HOWES C451, "b." SABIN 13393. MINTZ 534. COWAN, p.128. GRAFF 746. STREETER SALE 3169. WAGNER-CAMP 210. KURUTZ 138. WHEAT GOLD RUSH 41. HILL 302. JONES 1275. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 123. Seller Inventory # WRCAM19691E
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Title: TRAVELS IN MEXICO AND CALIFORNIA.
Publisher: Boston
Publication Date: 1852
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Travels In Mexico And California.
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Texas A.M. University Press,, College Station, 1989
ISBN 10: 0890963541
ISBN 13: 9780890963548
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Seller: Sabino Books, Oro Valley, AZ, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Thus. Hard cover with dust jacket. light shelf wear. Comprising a Journal of A Tour From Brazos Santiago, Through Central Mexico, By the Way of Monterey, Chihuahua, The Country of the Apaches, And the River Gila, To the Mining Districts of California. Edited by Anne M. Perry. 143 pp. illus., One of the best accounts. Perry's note make an important contribution. 143 pp. illus., One of the best accounts. Perry's note make an important contribution. Former owners stamp on free end paper. cbbs. Seller Inventory # 0993645
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Travels in Mexico and California: : comprising a journal of a tour from Brazos Santiago, through central Mexico, by way of Monterey, Chihuahua, the country of the Apaches, and the river Gila, to the mining districts of California. 1852 [Leather Bound]
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Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
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LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1852 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 160 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 160 Language: English. Seller Inventory # LB990002798182
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Travels in Mexico andCalifornia: Comprising a Journal of a Tour from Brazos Santiago, throughCentral Mexico, by way of Monterey, Chihuahua, the country of theApaches, and the River Gila, to the Mining Districts of California
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Boston. Wright & Hasty's Steam Press. 1852, 1852
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Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. 12mo, 18cm, 138p., originalprinted wraps, two internal library perforation stamps & 1 ink stampnumber on the foot of the dedicate page, trimmed, removed from a boundvolume the upper wrap is fine, scarce. (cgc) Sabin 13393. Howes C451.Wagner-Camp 210. A scarce early journal of travels through the AmericanSouth West. Asa Bement Clarke (1817- 1882), of the Hampden MiningCompany, left New York on January 29, 1849 and traveled by way of Mexicoto California, arriving in Los Angeles on July 9, 1849. A well-writtenaccount detailing "a portion of the country but little known toAmericans", vivid descriptions of the Apaches, and descriptions ofCalifornia at the time of the gold rush. Clarke returned to the East in1851. Seller Inventory # 31667
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Travels in Mexico and California: Comprising a Journal of a Tour from Brazos Santiago, Through Central Mexico, By Way of Monterey, Chihuahua, the Country of the Apaches, and the River Gila, to the Mining Districts of California
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Wright & Hasty, Boston, MA, 1852
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Wrappers
First Edition
Seller: Bradley Ross Books, Auburn, CA, U.S.A.
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Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, 1852, Wright & Hasty's Steam Press, Boston. Near fine in original printed wrappers. Light wear, some light spotting to wrappers, light stain on front wrapper and title page, crease to rear wrapper. An exceptionally nice copy. Clarke was employed by the Hampden Mining Company, sailed from New York in January, 1849, and traveled through central Mexico and Arizona before reaching the California gold region in August of that year. His narrative provides the first printed description of the route from Camargo, Mexico through Chihuahua and Sonora to the Gila River of Arizona. The book is also said to contain on page 12, the earliest reference in print to petroleum in Los Angeles. Cowan p. 128; Graff 746; Howes C451; Kurutz 138a; Sabin 13393; Streeter 3169; Wagner-Camp, Becker 210. Book. Seller Inventory # 000363
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