THE LOG OF A FORTY-NINER. Journal of a Voyage from Newburyport to San Francisco on the Brig General Worth Commanded by Captain Samuel Walton. Kept by Richard Hale Newbury, Mass.
Boston, MA: B.J. Brimmer Company, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Very good+ condition / Very good- condition (DJ). Item #018899
183 pages of text. Hardcover binding in excellent condition, with a small tear and crease to the edge of page 37, and minor browning to the endpapers. The unclipped dustjacket is sunned on the spine, with minor soiling and minor rubbing to the extremities; protected in archival mylar. Contains 19 illustrations. Being a Record of Adventures by Sea and Shore to the California Gold-Fields and the Pacific Northwest, 1849-1854. Illustrated from original sketches by the author. Edited from the original manuscripts; here for the first time published. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition.
Price: $75.00