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Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps
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Title: The Land of Gold: Reality versus Fiction
Author: Helper, Hinton R. Description: xii, [13]-300 pp. 7½x4½, original blind-stamped brown cloth, spine with gilt-stamped vignette and lettered in gilt. First Edition.Kurutz - "Helper's book ranks as one of the most famous, oft-quoted and entertaining books of the Gold Rush." Cowan p.274; Graff 1848; Howes H401; Kurutz 327a; Sabin 31272; Wheat Gold Rush 96. Heading: Place Published: Baltimore Publisher: Published for the author Date Published: 1855 Condition reportSpine faded, spine tips and corners worn; else a clean, very good copy.
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