WHAT I SAW IN CALIFORNIA: BEING THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR, BY THE EMIGRANT ROUTE AND SOUTH PASS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, ACROSS THE CONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA, THE GREAT DESERT BASIN, AND THROUGH CALIFORNIA, IN THE YEARS 1846, 1847; WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING ACCOUNTS OF THE GOLD MINES, VARIOUS ROUTES, OUTFIT, ETC., ETC.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1849. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Brown cloth, elaborately blind-stamped, with gold-stamped spine. This (Fifth Edition saw the inclusion of an (untitled) map of the California Gold Region (5 7/8 in x 3 3/8 in. // 14.5 x 8.5 cm.). Shelfwear and light rubbing to extremities, with several nudged corners and light dings along edge. Solidly bound. Evidence of repair, probably rebacked or rebound with fragment of original spine ribbed cloth with gilt lettering) laid down to spine. Moderate foxing and age-tanning throughout, but very readable nonetheless. Good. Item #87327
Price: $200.00


