THE DIARIES OF PETER DECKER: Overland to California in 1849 and Life in the Mines, 1850-1851.; Edited

by Helen S. Giffen by Peter Decker

$75 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

First edition · Signed

Georgetown, CA: Talisman Press, 1966. First edition, 1/100 copies this#76 signed by the editor. 8vo. 338 pp. Illustrated from wood engravings, frontispiece portrait of Decker, two folding map. Mintz The Trail 120: “Decker’s narrative does not read as smoothly as some other narratives, but more than makes up for this slight defect with an interesting and detailed report of the journey of 1849.” Original gilt-stamped rust cloth,

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