Osbun Albert Edited by John Haskell Kemble (2 results)

Condition: NEAR FINE. First printing. Osbun was an Ohio doctor who traveled to California during the height of the Gold rush, as one of the leaders of a mining company. His two-year journal supplies an excellent account of both Gold Rush California and of the Pacific Islanders he encountered. It covers the ocean passage from New York to San Francisco, by way of Panama, mining on the upper Sacramento and Yuba rivers, and his expedition to buy pigs, chickens, yams and other produce for the San Francisco market from the natives of the Pacific Islands and his return by way of Mexico. Photo frontispiece, maps, several appendices with additional information on the places, persons and ships mentioned in the diary. Index. 233 pp. Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (price-clipped, slight loss of paper at the upper corner).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Very good in soiled d.j. Cloth 8vo. Dr. Osbun went to California to mine for gold, then organized an expedition to Fanning Island, Samoa, Wallis Island, and Pearl and Hermes reefs to buy supplies for the San Francisco market. 73pp. on this Pacific voyage, with many details on the islands and their inhabitants. 233pp. Index. Frontis, 2 maps. > DJ Fair | > Language: English | > Size: 8vo | > Media/Binding: Hardcover |.…