From William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
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125pp. plus frontispiece portrait. Original half Japanese vellum and paper-covered boards, gilt-stamped front board and spine. Contemporary bookplate on front pastedown. A near fine copy, unopened. One of thirty-five large paper copies, from an edition limited to 385 copies total. The first appearance in book form, having only previously appeared in an obscure newspaper. The author later served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of California and judge on the Federal Bench. An excellent overland narrative, Eberstadt has enhanced this edition with historical notes and an introduction. ".One of the most readable of all the overland narratives of the gold rush days" - Wagner-Camp. The bookplate, illustrated by the prolific and talented Donn P. Crane, belongs to Guthrie Y. Barber. Barber was a Canadian native who moved to New York around the turn of the century, amassing an impressive collection of Americana and Canadiana. HOWES S133. GRAFF 3687. MINTZ 403. COWAN, p.570. WHEAT GOLD RUSH 175. KURUTZ 556. WAGNER-CAMP 191 (note). EBERSTADT 107:349 (ref). Seller Inventory # WRCAM29565
Bibliographic Details
Title: WAY SKETCHES. CONTAINING INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL...
Publisher: Edward Eberstadt, New York
Publication Date: 1926
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