Sale 591: Rare Americana & Travel, with Books & Maps from the Warren Heckrotte Collection (#591) 07/28/2016 11:00 AM PDT CLOSED!

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Lot 482 of 541:
First emigrant train to Callifornia  

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium):$36
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$10 - $100

Title:
A Journey to California, 1841: The first emigrant party to California by wagon train. The Journal of John Bidwell
Author:
Bidwell, John
Place:
Berkeley, California
Publisher:
Friends of the Bancroft Library
Date:
1964
Description:

[6], 55, [2], 32 pp. Introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. Folding map. 26x17.5 cm (10¼x7"), cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy.

A scholarly introduction by Francis Farquhar precedes a facsimile of the rare original printing of the Journal. Number 12 in the series of keepsakes issued by the Friends of the Bancroft Library for its members.

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Condition:
Fine condition.
 
Item number:
254683
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