San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1938. First Edition. Near Fine. San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press. limited to 500 [10x6.75in]; [4], x, 367 pp., Frontispiece color illustration of burning ship, 49 illustrations of ships, persons and facsimile mail envelopes, index; Burnt orange cloth on covers with cream buckram cloth spine, Black and red lettering on paper spine label, map of steamer water and overland routes on endpapers, top edge trimmed and others untrimmed; Minimal shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, upper front corner bumped; [Hill 1897, Wheat Gold Rush Books 232, Grabhorn 293]. Hill comments about the importance of this book on "... the inception and history of the Pacific and Atlantic mail steamers, running from the East coast to California." From the Forward, "This volume on the ships to California from 1849 to 1869 evolved from a study of the propaganda hand stamps used by the steamship companies on the letters carried by their vessels.".

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Bookseller: David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 12971
Title: Gold Rush Steamers [of the Pacific]
Author: Wiltsee, Ernest A
Illustrator: San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: The Grabhorn Press
Place of Publication: San Francisco
Date Published: 1938
Bookseller catalogs: Adventure;

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David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA is an online bookseller specializing in fine books, maps, publications, and ephemera related to Exploration, Adventure and World History with a focus on the Polar Regions, California and the American West. A particular interest is in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration from 1895 to 1920's. Other areas of interest are in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and a little bit of this and that.

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