Death Valley in '49
San Jose: Pacific Tree and Vine Co., 1894. First Edition. Small 8vo. 498pp. 4 halftone plates (including frontispiece portrait of the author). Original mustard cloth with black lettering and decoration to front board; blind decorative stamping & lettering to rear board; illustrated chapter tailpieces; floral endpapers. A near fine copy (slight fading to spine). Item #22310
The autobiography of a pioneer, detailing his life from a humble home in the green mountains to the Gold Mines of California; and particularly reciting the sufferings of the band of men, women and children who gave 'Death Valley' its name. "... one of the most dramatic and heart-stopping first-person accounts of the overland journey to California." - Kurutz Sloan Z80:51. E. I. Edwards notes in 'Enduring Desert' that no other work written about Death Valley even remotely approaches this title in historic importance, referring to the book as 'source material.' (Cowan pg. 412; Edwards pg. 162; Flake 5259; Graff 2670; Howes M255; Kurutz 427a; Wheat, Gold Rush 136; Zamorano Eighty #51).
Price: $375.00