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Aurifodina; or, Adventures in the Gold Region. By Cantell A. Bigly
by (Peck, George Washington)
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About This Item
New York: Baker & Scribner, 1849. 8vo. 190 x 120 mm., [7 ½ x 4 ¾ inches]. 103 pp., plus 4pp. ads. Original pictorial boards highlighted in black, red and blue watercolor; boards soiled, joints cracked, spine chipped, yet intact; cheap paper stock toned brown. With faults an unusual binding. First edition of this fantasy novel, called by Wright, an "adventure in California among a strange people whose commonest possession was gold. Obviously modeled on Gulliver's Travels, it also suggests Poe's influence and in some ways is like Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur"s Court." In his series of catalogues dedicated to California, Warren Howell writes, "This scarce work is the first American novel which relates to the Gold Rush. . ." This binding, hand painted on the original drab boards, may represent a special copy created for or by the author, "Can tell a big ly, a.k.a. George W. Peck". Wright, Fiction, I, p. 2030. Howell, CaliforniaCalifornia Gold Rush: A Descriptive Bibliography. Cowan Bibliography of California and the Pacific West, I, p. 175. Cowan II, p. 477.
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- Bookseller
- De Simone Company, Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 460
- Title
- Aurifodina; or, Adventures in the Gold Region. By Cantell A. Bigly
- Author
- (Peck, George Washington)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Baker & Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1849
- Keywords
- bib-week-vbf, BIB-WEEK-VBF
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About the Seller
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About De Simone Company, Booksellers
De Simone Company is presently offering rare books, manuscripts, illustrated books, broadsides, and ephemera documenting American history during the 19th century. We encourage you to visit our website where you will find numerous catalogues listing our offering. Visit www.desimonecompanybooksellers.com.De Simone Company also specializes in early Italian books and manuscripts, mostly in the fields of social science, history, antiquarian bibliography and illustrated books. The Company has a particular interest in books, manuscripts, ephemera printed in, or about, the history of Ferrara, Italy and is always interested in purchasing book on the subject.In January of 2017, Daniel De Simone retired from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D. C as the Eric Weinmann Librarian, where he directed the operations of the Central Library. De Simone came to the Folger from the Library of Congress after serving as the Curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division for 14 years.Before his appointment as Rosenwald Curator in 2000, he operated his own New York based bookselling business for 22 years. Since retirement he has begun bookselling once again and is again a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. He is also a member of the Grolier Club, NY, the Association Internationale de Bibliophile, Paris, and the Print Council of America.
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cracked
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