Argonauts of '49 History and Adventures of the Emigrant Companies from Massachusetts 1849-1850
first edition
1923 · Cambridge, Mass.
by Howe, Octavius Thorndike
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1923. First Edition. First printing Very good in 1/4 dark blue cloth and blue-gray paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. The exterior areas of the boards are slightly faded and there is a prior owner's name written in pencil with a date of "1923" on the first free end paper. Without a dust jacket. 221 pages including a bibliography, appendix, text and illustrated with photographs of ship models and reproductions of contemporary works of art. (Inventory #: TB19069)