Item #13211 The First Californiac; Being a Reprint of Prospects of California Written by Dr. Victor H. Fourgeaud for the April 1, 1848 Issue of The California Star,San Francisco’s First Newspaper, of Which Samuel Brannan Was the Publisher. Victor H. Fourgeaud, Ed. Carroll D. Hall.
The First Californiac; Being a Reprint of Prospects of California Written by Dr. Victor H. Fourgeaud for the April 1, 1848 Issue of The California Star,San Francisco’s First Newspaper, of Which Samuel Brannan Was the Publisher
The First Californiac; Being a Reprint of Prospects of California Written by Dr. Victor H. Fourgeaud for the April 1, 1848 Issue of The California Star,San Francisco’s First Newspaper, of Which Samuel Brannan Was the Publisher
The First Californiac; Being a Reprint of Prospects of California Written by Dr. Victor H. Fourgeaud for the April 1, 1848 Issue of The California Star,San Francisco’s First Newspaper, of Which Samuel Brannan Was the Publisher
The First Californiac; Being a Reprint of Prospects of California Written by Dr. Victor H. Fourgeaud for the April 1, 1848 Issue of The California Star,San Francisco’s First Newspaper, of Which Samuel Brannan Was the Publisher

The First Californiac; Being a Reprint of Prospects of California Written by Dr. Victor H. Fourgeaud for the April 1, 1848 Issue of The California Star,San Francisco’s First Newspaper, of Which Samuel Brannan Was the Publisher

San Francisco: The Press of Lewis and Dorothy Allen, 1942. Very Good. First Edition. Lawrence E. Walker, Illustrator. limited to 225 copies [6.25x7.25”]; Pale green flaked cloth on covers with quarter calf backstrip, stamped light brown ink lettering on spine with three raised ribs, green ink illustration of settler family on front, top edge trimmed, all others untrimmed; xv, 44 pp., [2], frontispiece of image of Fourgeaud family; Minimal shelf wear, some rubbing and age stains to leather backing, front hinge cracked, darkening along hinges from binding, old paperclip rust stain on front end paper.[Kurutz 253]. Item #13211

From Kurutz, "Fourgeaud's newspaper article, reprinted here for the first time in book form, is important for including one of the earliest publiched accounts of the gold discovery."

Price: $85.00

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