Sullivan joseph a introduction (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. One of 750 copies printed. Original publisher's gold-colored foil cloth binding with black lettering on spine. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2." 163 pages, complete. Illustrations printed in sienna-colored ink at start of every chapter, complete. Illustrations by Victor R. Anderson. List of Illustrations in front. One black-and-white folding map laid in back (formerly tipped in on back pastedown but has separated from glue adhesive). Pages are very clean and intact except for offsetting on front endpaper, glue residue on back of laid-in map and back pastedown, and light age toning. Covers are very clean and intact except for several smudges and slight darkening. A Very Good copy. "California Centennial Edition Fourteen." Fascinating autobiographical account by Charles D. Ferguson, a gold miner originally from Ohio. Ferguson gives a detailed narrative about his journey from Ohio to California's gold fields and recollects many harrowing parts that happened along the way. He describes the generally trying circumstances of overland travel and narrowly escaping an attack by members of a Northern California tribe. According to Joseph A. Sullivan in his Foreword, "[Ferguson's account] is a well-written document of a most picturesque section of the mines. It is one of the best of the early mining histories on the Yuba and the early days in Nevada City." Introduction by F. T. Wallace. Back colophon: 'Seven hundred and fifty copies of this book have been printed at the Times-Star Press, Alameda, California; Designed by Ben Kennedy; Presswork by William R. Morrison; Illustrations by Victor R. Anderson.". Anderson, Victor R. (illustratore). …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. One of 500 copies printed. Original publisher's gray cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. No date, circa 1957. 7 1/2" x 11." 186 pages, complete. Many black-and-white illustrations by the author, complete. List of Illustrations in front. Introduction by Joseph A. Sullivan. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning and small occasional stains. Covers are virtually pristine and intact except for slight fading. Corners are sharp and not bumped. Binding is tight. A Fine copy. This is an autobiographical account by J. Ross Browne (1821-1875), an American author, journalist, and world traveler, in which he vividly recollects the time when he revisited the silver mining regions of Washoe and vicinity in Nevada. Among the many places and subjects he describes are heading eastward from Sacramento and Folsom, travels by stagecoach, traversing the Sierra Nevada, local residents and people he meets along his journey, Carson City, Virginia City, a tour of the Ophir mine, silver ledges, tensions between members of the Digger tribe and Chinese immigrants, the miner's way of life, Bodie Bluff, tumultuous weather, the Walker River, Reese River Country, R. C. Gridley, and mining enterprises. Back colophon: "First California Edition; Five hundred copies designed and printed at the Abbey Press, Oakland, California, Bettis M. Shaw and William R. Morrison; Introduction of illustrations by Coast Engraving Company, San Jose, California.". Browne, J. Ross (illustratore). …