[Rarebooks] FA: California Gold Rush; 1872 California Guidebook, &c...

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

We are pleased to be offering a trio of California-related books on a major 
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because Governor Ahhnold says that only Girly-Men use reserves-

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CALIFORNIA: FOR HEALTH, PLEASURE, AND RESIDENCE. A BOOK FOR TRAVELLERS AND 
SETTLERS.  By Charles Nordhoff. Published by New York Harper & Brothers in 
1878, first published in 1872.  "There have been Americans who saw Rome 
before they saw Niagara; and for one who has visited the Yosemite, a 
hundred will tell you about the Alps, and a thousand about Paris. Now, I 
have no objection to Europe; but I would like to induce Americans, when 
they contemplate a journey for health, pleasure, or instruction, or all 
three, to think also of their own country, and particularly of California, 
which has so many delights in store for the tourist, and so many 
attractions for the farmer or settler looking for a mild and healthful 
climate and a productive country." -Charles Nordhoff


THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN CALIFORNIA.  By John S. Hittell & James W. 
Marshall & Edwin G. Waite, with introduction by Richard H. Dillon. 
Published by Lewis Osborne in Palo Alto, 1968. This is the first printing 
of the first edition, limited to 1,139 copies.  "The Discovery of Gold in 
California" is a special edition reprint of essays by John S. Hittell, 
James W. Marshall and Edwin G. Waite, which were first published in The 
Century Magazine in February and May of 1891.


THE GOLD RUSH LETTERS OF J.D.B. STILLMAN.  By J.D.B. Stillman with an 
introduction by Kenneth Johnson.  Published by Lewis Osborne in Palo Alto, 
1967. Limited edition of 2,350.  Dr. Stillman's letters were first 
published by A. Roman of San Francisco in 1877, as part of his book 
"Seeking the Golden Fleece". The letters are reproduced here as they were 
in that book, without salutation or closing, making them feel far more like 
diary entries than letters.

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