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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 by Fourgeaud, Victor J.

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Title
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
Author
Fourgeaud, Victor J.
Seller
Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
San Francisco: Press of Lewis and Dorothy Allen, 1942 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First book edition. 225 copies designed, handset, and printed by Lewis and Dorothy Allen. Prolegomenon by Carroll D. Hall. Small octavo. xvi, 44, [2]pp. Pen and ink drawings by Lawrence E. Walker. Calf-backed decorated boards. Spine very lightly rubbed, top of spine torn, but intact, edge of boards slightly darkened. Front and rear gutters browned as usual (leather offsetting).Front hinge just starting. Overall, a near fine copy. "Fourgeaud's newspaper article, reprinted here for the first time in book form, is important for including one of the earliest published accounts of the gold discovery" (Kurutz). [Allen: 2; Kurutz: 253]..