Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1972.. 1972.. Very good. - Large octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt on spine & front cover. The gilt titling is faded. 62 pp. plus colophon. Very good. <p>Facsimile edition, limited to 402 numbered copies, of the edition published in New York in 1850. The original title page reads: "G. S. Isham's Guide to California and the Mines, and Return by the Isthmus, with a General Description of the Country. Compiled by him from a Journal kept by him in a Journey to that country, in 1849 and 1850."

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Bookseller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1661
Title: GUIDE TO CALIFORNIA AND THE MINES
Author: Isham, Giles S
Book Condition: Used - Very good
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1972.
Date Published: 1972.
Keywords: AMERICANA; CALIFORNIA; MINING; MINES; GUIDE; GILES S. ISHAM; FACSIMILE; LIMITED EDITION.

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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.

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