Folsom Joseph Libbey (4 results)

No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Facsimile copy of letter in paper folder with introductory notes by Neal Harlow and transcription of letter. Number 8 in the "Letters of the Gold Discovery" series published for the members of the Book Club of California. Joseph Libbey Folsom (1817-1855) was a U. S. Army officer who served in California under the command of Colonel Jonathan D. Stevenson starting in 1847. While in California, he purchased land that eventually became the town of Folsom after his death. This letter accompanied seven gold specimens from the American River that he sent to the National Institute in Washington, D. C., including one of the first specimens discovered by James Marshall. After the dissolution of the National Institute in 1861, these specimens came to the Smithsonian Institution, and the one discovered by Marshall is still exhibited in the Museum of Natural History.

FOLSOM, Joseph Libbey. LETTER OF CAPTAIN J. L. FOLSOM TO THE SECRETARY OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE AT WASHINGTON, D.C. Introductory notes by Neal Harlow. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1948. Number 8 of the Letters of the Gold Discovery; limited to 750 copies. A quarto folder produced at the Toyon Press, with a facsimile of the letter (reproduced by the Stanford University Press) tipped-in. Very fine.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from edition. 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. 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 and contains approximately 45 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. 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. Language: English.

Livermore: Thomas W. Norris, 1944. First edition (Kurutz, 1997, 246). Green wrappers, printed paper label, 22 pp. There were 250 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. With a folding map tipped in at the end. Two copies are offered here. Based on the copy in the California State Library, Kurutz notes that the folding map is a "reproduction of an ornamental map of the United States & Mexico", but these copies show that at least three different maps were used: one has "Map of the Emigrant Road from Independence, Mo. To San Francisco . Part IV", by T.H. Jefferson, no date but 1849; the other has "Map of the Gold Region of California", 1850. One copy has the Newbegin's Book Shop, San Francisco label inside the rear wrapper. Both are in Fine condition.