iii]-viii, [9]-199 + 6, [2] ad pp. (12mo) 18x11 cm (7x4½") finely rebound in full red morocco, covers paneled in gilt and blind, paneling diagonally bisected with a wide strip of floral devices, spine gilt, raised bands, wide gilt dentelles, watered silk endleaves, all edges gilt, original spine and front cover cloth bound in at rear, custom slipcase. First Edition. Superbly bound by the London firm of Root & Son. "Daniel B. Woods, a clergyman, began this lively volume with a preface (dated July 1, 1851) stating that he intended to make this book a miner's manual based on his sixteen months working in the mines "chiefly upon the American and Tuolumne River and their tributaries." Woods began his adventure on February 1, 1849 and after great difficulty, arrived in San Francisco on June 25. He immediately headed for Sacramento and the mines, where he began life as an Argonaut. In one of the concluding chapters, he gives a report on fourteen other mining companies. Wood served as the secretary and treasurer of Hart's Bar Mining and Draining Company. Kurutz 696A; Cowan II p. 694; Graff 4741; Howes W651; Rocq 15417; Sabin 10512; Wheat, Books 235; Zamorano Eighty 80.
iii]-viii, [9]-199 + 6, [2] ad pp. (12mo) 18x11 cm (7x4½") finely rebound in full red morocco, covers paneled in gilt and blind, paneling diagonally bisected with a wide strip of floral devices, spine gilt, raised bands, wide gilt dentelles, watered silk endleaves, all edges gilt, original spine and front cover cloth bound in at rear, custom slipcase. First Edition. Superbly bound by the London firm of Root & Son. "Daniel B. Woods, a clergyman, began this lively volume with a preface (dated July 1, 1851) stating that he intended to make this book a miner's manual based on his sixteen months working in the mines "chiefly upon the American and Tuolumne River and their tributaries." Woods began his adventure on February 1, 1849 and after great difficulty, arrived in San Francisco on June 25. He immediately headed for Sacramento and the mines, where he began life as an Argonaut. In one of the concluding chapters, he gives a report on fourteen other mining companies. Wood served as the secretary and treasurer of Hart's Bar Mining and Draining Company. Kurutz 696A; Cowan II p. 694; Graff 4741; Howes W651; Rocq 15417; Sabin 10512; Wheat, Books 235; Zamorano Eighty 80.
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