Notes of a Voyage to California via Cape Horn, Together with Scenes in El Dorado in the Years 1849 - '50.

  • Philadelphia: The Author, 1876
By Upham, Samuel C.
Philadelphia: The Author, 1876. xxii-594 pp. b/w plates and ills. in text.

"After reaching San Francisco, Upham voluminously describes that city, the gold fields, Stockton, and Sacramento... There are forty-five interesting illustrations," Hill 1751. Howes U-23, with an "aa" rating. Cowan p. 652. This is a near fine copy, rebound in handsome half brown morocco with raised bands, tooled decorations on spine and, gilt lettering. Original backstrip laid in at the rear of the book.

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Title

Notes of a Voyage to California via Cape Horn, Together with Scenes in El Dorado in the Years 1849 - '50.

Author

Upham, Samuel C.

Condition

Unknown

Publisher

The Author: Philadelphia

Date

1876


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