[Rarebooks] fs: Lot of Gold Rush related books

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

Take all 5 of these Gold Rush-related books for $100, ppd.

Hannum, Anna Paschall & John Bach McMaster (eds.). A QUAKER FORTY-NINER. 
THE ADVENTURES OF CHARLES EDWARD PANCOAST ON THE AMERICAN FRONTIER. 
Philadelphia; University of Pennsylvania Press: 1930. Pancoast's 
reminiscences of his life on the Western frontier. He left Philadelphia in 
1840 for St. Louis where he tried and failed to establish a drug business. 
He then became part owner of a steamboat on the Missouri River, but that 
too eventually ended in disaster, so he joined a party headed for the 
California goldfields. Tiring of the mining life, he joined with friends to 
start a ranch which also failed, so... "he returned to Philadelphia richer 
in experience, but not in pocket, then when he had left it fourteen years 
before". Hardcover. 6"x9", 402 pages, 13 b/w plates; light wear to the 
covers; slightly shaken; text a little browned. [02392]

Hittell, John S. & James W. Marshall & Edwin G. Waite. THE DISCOVERY OF 
GOLD IN CALIFORNIA. Palo Alto; Lewis Osborne: 1968. Edition limited to 2100 
numbered copies. Reprints a series of 19th century essays on the discovery 
of gold in California and life in the mines. The text is illustrated with 
many interesting period engravings. 7"x10.5", 80+ pages, many b&w 
illustraitons; folding title-page printed in gold; inset folding facsimile 
of the "Californian" newspaper. Hardcover. A fine copy in a soiled plain 
white jacket, as issued. [00117]

Hulbert, Archer Butler. FORTY-NINERS. THE CHRONICLE OF THE CALIFORNIA 
TRAIL. Boston; Little, Brown and Company: 1931. ~An engrossing recounting 
of the '49 Gold Rush, based on miners diaries and other period sources. 
Hardcover. 6.5"x9.5", 340 pages, b/w plates and maps; corner bump; lower 
corner of covers soiled; more cover soil; a decent reference copy. [02203]

Ritchie, Robert Welles. THE HELL-ROARIN' FORTY-NINERS. New York; J.H. Sears 
& Company: 1928. A rip-roarin' set of tales and history of the Gold Rush 
Days. Hardcover. 6"x8", 298 pages, b/w plates; pictorial red and black 
covers; light wear; jacket-flap description of the book glued to the front 
pastedown. Inscribed by the author. [02372]

Stillman, J.D.B. & Kenneth Johnson. THE GOLD RUSH LETTERS OF J.D.B. 
STILLMAN. Palo Alto; Lewis Osborne: 1967. Edition limited to 2350 copies. 
With an introduction by Kenneth Johnson. Dr. Jacob Stillman arrived in San 
Francisco, California in 1849 and then settled in Sacramento. These 
letters, written in journal form and covering 1849 and 1850 were first 
published as part of the book "Seeking the Golden Fleece" in 1877. 
~Hardcover. 7.5"x11", 75+ pages, illustrated with period woodcuts and other 
illustrations; plain white jacket; former owner's light stamp utilized 
twice on the front and twice on the rear endpapers. A near fine copy in a 
lightly worn jacket. [02375]

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