Gold Dust

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First edition. 361pp. 2 double-page maps, portraits, illustrations; source notes and index. White cloth-backed orange boards, gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Some light soiling to bottom edge of white cloth spine, light spotting to endpapers. Overall a near fine copy in fine pictorial dust jacket. A narrative history of the California Gold Rush from numerous letters, diaries, and other contemporary accounts..