Eldorado, or, Adventure in the Path of Empire

Taylor, Bayard

Editore: George P. Putnum, New York, 1850

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Continuing subtitle: "A Voyage to California, Via Panama; Life in San Francisco and Monterey; Pictures of the Gold Region, and Experiences of Mexican Travel". 2 volumes. Publisher's original cloth binding, moderate foxing, some rubbing on corners and spine. Previous owner's signature on both volumes, "E. D. Robinson"? Vol. 1 - 251 pages, 4 drawings by author complete. Vol. 2 - 247 pages with 4 drawing by author, complete, with appendix and several pages of advertisements for publisher, some pages uncut. No. 73 in the Zamorano Eighty, 1945, "This work by an eminent writer and artist is probably the outstanding book on the early gold rush in California". Bayard Taylor (1825-1878) was a successful translator and travel writer. He traveled to California at the height of the Gold Rush as a correspondent for the New York Tribune. This work, the result of that trip, was highly successful when first published. Codice articolo 015661

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Titolo: Eldorado, or, Adventure in the Path of Empire

Casa editrice: George P. Putnum, New York

Data di pubblicazione: 1850

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Collectible-Very Good

Edizione: 1st Edition