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(CALIFORNIA.). JOHNSON, THEODORE. Sights in the Gold Region, and Scenes by the Way. New York: Baker & Scribner, 1850. 12mo. 12, 324 pp. Tinted litho frontis. and 6 plates (1 tinted). Fldg. map of the gold region (browned along inner edge). Orig. gilt-decorated cloth, worn at extremities. Scattered foxing throughout, one plate heavily foxed. Scarce. $500.00
Wheat, Books of the California Gold Rush, 112 (N.Y. 1849 ed.): "One of the earliest published accounts by an actual 'returned Californian'. . . ." Howes J 154. Graff 2224. Wagner-Camp (4th ed.) 167g:2, locating three copies (versus 6 of the first ed.). Sabin 36328. Peters, California on Stone, pp. 114-15; the frontis., "San Francisco, 1850," was executed by Duval. This is the first edition to contain the map and illustrations.