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THB[CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH]. DELANO, Alonzo (?Old Block?) (1806?...
Lot 132
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By Potter & Potter Auctions
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2022-10-20 12:00:00
2022-10-20 12:00:00
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Our fall book sale will be a major high spot for the department this year. We are offering several items that are only found institutionally including a presentation copy of the Bodley Head Ulysses signed by Joyce and a book owned by Ernest Shackleton that was taken by him on the Nimrod Expedition. Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
Our fall book sale will be a major high spot for the department this year. We are offering several items that are only found institutionally including a presentation copy of the Bodley Head Ulysses signed by Joyce and a book owned by Ernest Shackleton that was taken by him on the Nimrod Expedition. Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
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[CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH]. DELANO, Alonzo (?Old Block?) (1806?1874). A Live Woman in the Mines; or, Pike County Ahead! A Local Play in Two Acts. New York: Samuel French, [1857]. Small 8vo. Original drab wrappers, printed yellow cover label (light toning to spine, title?page partially torn at gutter). FIRST EDITION of this California Gold Rush play ?founded on fact? which is based upon ?hundreds who have come to California and their misfortunes and ultimate success is a type of what many others have experienced within the author?s knowledge? (Note). Delano was a local banker and Wells Fargo Agent in California in the 1850s, and also a noted writer whose sketches of gold rush camp life rivaled Bret Harte and Mark Twain in popularity. OCLC locates only one copy in institutional holdings (Autry Museum of the American West, Library and Archives).
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