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Author: Pratt, F. M., compiler
Title: California Gold Regions, with a full account of their Mineral Resources; How to Get There, and What to Take; the Expenses, the Time, and the Various Routes. With Sketches of California; an Account of the Life, Manners, and Customs of the Inhabitants, Its History, Climate, Soil, Productions, &c.
Place Published: New York
Publisher:F.M. Pratt
Date Published: [1849]
Description:

48 pp. 23x14 cm (9x5½"), unbound, stitched; with custom half morocco folding case. First Edition.

One of the first, and scarcest of the gold rush guides, called by Norris "an extremely rare, early guide to the California gold mines." Howes was of the opinion that the compiler was Pratt, the publisher, who gathered together information from various sources, including Colonel R.B. Mason's report, a letter of Thomas Larkin dated June 1, 1848, extracts from newspapers on directions to California, and sketches of people, climate, and natural resources. The booklet is designated "A Cheap Edition for the People. Price Twelve-and-a-half cents. Ten Copies for One Dollar" although it is the only edition - the publisher evidently sought to take quick advantage of the many people who were about to strike out for the far side of the continent. Not in Graff or the Streeter Sale. Cowan p.96; Howes C39; Kurutz 107; Norris 3099; Sabin 9970.

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Rare 1849 Gold Rush Guide

Name: Rare 1849 Gold Rush Guide
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