Southern Trails To California In 1849

BIEBER, RALPH P. [EDITED BY]

Publication: The Arthur H Clark Company, 1937, Glendale

First edition. 8vo. Volume V of the Southwest Historical series. Limited edition of 1063 copies. Red cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, 386 [1] pp., preface, illustrated, frontispiece, plates, folding map, footnotes, top edge gilt. This is the first major series published after the move of the Arthur H. Clark Company to Glendale, California. This volume contains documentary material illustrating the various aspects of the gold rush through the Southwest in 1849. “Carl Wheat calls this the definitive discussion of the southern trails. Bieber’s citations of scores of newspaper articles make this volume an indispensable reference book for the study of the Gold Rush.” Kurutz. Ex-library with an outline of removed call number sticker from the spine, small library stamp at top and light evidence of book pocket removal from front pastedown sheet, small library stamped number at top of "Contents" page, else an internally clean and bright, very good copy.

Inventory Number: 45121