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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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As New. No Jacket. 6 x 9. 136 page hardcover. A reprint of the 1849 original with introduction by George D. Lyman and drawings by Valenti Angelo. Bibliography of works on the study of the life of Dr. F. P. Wierzbicki at rear. As new condition-no flaws.
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Good. No dust jacket as issued. One of 500 copies printed. Ex libris bookplate on the front pastedown. Green paper boards over black cloth. Black illustration on the front panel, paper label on the spine. The binding is tight, some light rubbing at the corners. Endpapers and prelims are toned. Text and images are clean and unmarked.
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Very good(-) Introduction by George D. Lyman. Illus. by Valenti Angelo. xxxii, 104pp. 8vo, rebound in later brown cloth, leather label, corners bumped, ex-lib, spine label rubbed. San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1933. Rare Americana Series, Number 8. One of 500 copies. The original San Francisco 1849 edition was the "First California-printed English book of an original nature." Howes W-405. "Dr. Wierzbicki, a Polish refugee, came to California in 1847...and set up a medical practice in San Francisco. He also joined the gold rush in the high Sierras." Hill p. 615. Zamorano 80, Number 79. Wheat Gold Rush 227. Graff 4650.
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Angelo, Valenti. One of 500 copies, reprinted by the Grabhorn Press, of the first book written and published in California (1849). 101pp. plus a 30 page introduction. Illustrated by Valenti Angelo. Black cloth-backed pictorial boards, printed paper spine label. Offsetting to ends (as usual) but a very fine, bright and crisp copy with the elusive printed dust jacket (short one inch tear to top edge, small chip to spine). The author begins with an overall description of California and its history. He then goes on to give a general discourse on the mines and sage advice to miners, covering such practical subjects as a miner's outfit, the rocker, provisions, mining companies, horses, prospecting methods, health, winter in the mines, and descriptions of the mining camps. He then continues with a description of San Francisco and its harbor, noting the lack of women. Includes an excellent introduction by George D. Lyman along with fine illustrations by Valenti Angelo. [Kurutz: 678-d].