GOLD RUSH: The Journals, Drawings, and Other Papers of J. Goldsborough Bruff, Captain, Washington City and California Mining Association, April 2, 1849 - July 20, 1851

Bruff, J. Goldsborough

Published by Columbia University Press, New York, 1944

About this Item

Limited to 1,250 sets. Bruff's lengthy account of his overland journey from Washington D.C. to California via the Lassen Trail, and his subsequent residence north of the mining country is an unusually full, precise and carefully-crafted California gold rush journal. Bruff (1804-89) was a West Point graduate and a draftsman in the U.S. Bureau of Topographical Engineers, whose keen observational skills helped him render as detailed a view of gold rush-era California as any that has been compiled. Edited by Georgia Willis Read and Ruth Gaines. With a Foreword by F.W. Hodge. Quarto, two volumes: lxxxviii, 630 p. + viii, 631-1404 p. with a color frontispiece, 90 plates (3 folding), 68 line illustrations, and 4 maps. Original gray paper-covered boards over black cloth spines with gilt titles. Internally crisp and clean. A very good set, lacking the publisher's slipcase. Kurutz, G.: California Gold Rush, #93b; Zamorano Select, #9. Seller Inventory # 77474

Bibliographic Details

Title: GOLD RUSH: The Journals, Drawings, and Other...

Publisher: Columbia University Press, New York

Publication Date: 1944

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very good

Edition: First Edition.