signed Custom bound in full, pictorial gilt decorated limp Levant Morocco. Elaborateinner-dentelles. Marbled endsheets. All edges
1922. · San Francisco.
by Dame Shirley (Mrs. Louise Amelia Clappe)
San Francisco. Thomas C. Russell. 1922. Custom bound in full, pictorial gilt decorated limp Levant Morocco. Elaborateinner-dentelles. Marbled endsheets. All edges gilded. 8vo. #166 of only 200 copies, printed upon California Bond. Signed by Thomas C. Russell. Illustrated with 8 hand-coloured plates and various page decorations and vignettes. Renowned collection of 23 letters from Louise Amelia Clappe to her sister in Massachusetts, originally published in the Pioneer Press magazine of 1854-1855, these letters vividly depict everyday mining life at the zenith of the California Gold Rush. Howes C-433b, Zamorarano 80 #69. Repaired short tear to bottom of Title Page, else A Very Fine, pristine copy.
(Inventory #: 8545)