THE LOG OF APOLLO: Joseph Perkins Beach's Journal of the Voyage of the Ship Apollo from New York to San Francisco, 1849

Published by The Book Club of California, San Francisco, 1986

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Limited to 550 copies printed by The Arion Press. As the son of the ship owner, supercargo and captain's clerk, Beach was in an advantageous position to be privy to many of the ship's activities. His comprehensive journal, published here for the first time, is accompanied by descriptions of Beach's career both before and after this trip. This is the first definitive biography of a member of the "Gold Rush Fleet." Edited and Annotated by James P. Delgado. Foreword by John Haskell Kemble. Prospectus laid in. Tall octavo: 122, [1], [1, blank] pp. with a tipped-in color frontispiece and 8 plates, including 2 folding. Full blue cloth binding, with printed paper title labels. A fine copy in the original glassine wrapper, which is a little toned along the extremities.

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Title
THE LOG OF APOLLO: Joseph Perkins Beach's Journal of the Voyage of the Ship Apollo from New York to San Francisco, 1849
Author
Beach, Joseph Perkins
Publisher
The Book Club of California, San Francisco
Publication year
1986
Condition
Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First Edition.

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