VALLEY OF SALT, MEMORIES OF WINE. A JOURNAL OF DEATH VALLEY, 1849. by Nusbaumer, Louis

Friends of the Bancroft,, 1967-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Corners & spine crisp. Minor foxing to top edge of boards & text. Foldout map tipped in to back of book.

Berkeley, Calif.: Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1967. First Edition. Near fine in light green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto of 10 1/4 by 7 inches with a bump to the heel of the spine. Without a dust jacket. 68 pages of text followed by a fold-out map at the rear. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates.

NUSBAUMER, Louis. Valley of Salt, Memories of Wine A Journal of Death Valley, 1849. Edited by George Koenig. Photos by Ansel Adams. (Berkeley): Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1967. Folding map. Fine in orig. cloth. 4to.

Berkeley: The Friends of The Bancroft Library, 1967 First edition. Edited by George Koenig. Foreword by J.S. Holliday. 67pp. Portrait, facsimile; illustrations of Death Valley from photographs by Ansel Adams. Folding route map by Robert Becker. A fine copy. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Nusbaumer, unlike most gold-seekers, traveled an unknown trail to California and, along with his fellow travelers, found himself lost. He was with Manly and the group that attempted the "short-cut" through the desert that, because of their experience, became known as Death Valley. This is the first time that Nusbaumer's firsthand, on-the-spot account has been published. It is the only extant journal carried out of Death Valley on the epic trek. His diary provides an important complement to Manly's better-known reminiscence, Death Valley in '49. "Nusbaumer's diary provides the only firsthand account of the party…" (Mintz). [Kurutz: 470; Mintz: 349]..

THE FRIENDS OF THE BANCROFT LIBRARY, 1967. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Previous owners inscriptions: Yes as shown EX LIBRIS LABEL Book Condition: Good+. Jacket condition: No jacket Published: 1967. Edition: 1st Pages: 67. Description: Edited by George Koenig from the original diary in German, with a Foreword by historian J.S. Holliday. Photographs of Death Valley by Ansel Adams and fold-out route map by Robert Becker.