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THE LOG OF A FORTY-NINER. Journal of a Voyage from Newburyport to San Francisco on the Brig General Worth Commanded by Captain Samuel Walton. Kept by Richard Hale Newbury, Mass.

THE LOG OF A FORTY-NINER. Journal of a Voyage from Newburyport to San Francisco on the Brig General Worth Commanded by Captain Samuel Walton. Kept by Richard Hale Newbury, Mass.

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THE LOG OF A FORTY-NINER. Journal of a Voyage from Newburyport to San Francisco on the Brig General Worth Commanded by Captain Samuel Walton. Kept by Richard Hale Newbury, Mass.

by Russ, Carolyn Hale; Richard Hale

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Boston, MA: B.J. Brimmer Company, 1923. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 183 pages of text. Hardcover binding in excellent condition, with a small tear and crease to the edge of page 37, and minor browning to the endpapers. The unclipped dustjacket is sunned on the spine, with minor soiling and minor rubbing to the extremities; protected in archival mylar. Contains 19 illustrations. Being a Record of Adventures by Sea and Shore to the California Gold-Fields and the Pacific Northwest, 1849-1854. Illustrated from original sketches by the author. Edited from the original manuscripts; here for the first time published. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition..

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Title
THE LOG OF A FORTY-NINER. Journal of a Voyage from Newburyport to San Francisco on the Brig General Worth Commanded by Captain Samuel Walton. Kept by Richard Hale Newbury, Mass.
Author
Russ, Carolyn Hale; Richard Hale
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very good+ condition
Jacket Condition
Very good- condition (DJ)
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
B.J. Brimmer Company
Place of Publication
Boston, MA
Date Published
1923
Size
Octavo (8vo)

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