john steeleedited introduction notes joseph (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by The Caxton Club/ Lakeside Press, Chicago, IL. 1930. Xxxvii, 234 pgs. One of 350 copies in this edition. Slipcased. Bound in original 1/4 red and illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This attractively bound volume contains the diary of John Steele who in the company of other adventurers crossed the plains in 1850 to the gold fields of California. Steele's original journal was published serially in the Lod'i Valley News, the initial installment appearing April 8, the concluding one November 18, 1899. Undoubtedly this record is one of the most complete of any of the overland expeditions to California during the gold rush epoch of the late forties and early fifties. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.