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Bowers, Q. David. A California Gold Rush History, 2002. The Deluxe Leatherbound Edition |
| Description: |
As new. Folio, 14" x 11" x 2 ¾". Bound in full leather with pictorial
boards decorated in gilt. The S.S. Central America is depicted at center of front board,
fancy gilt flourishes at corners incorporate a crossed pick and shovel, spine decorated in
gilt with depictions of the ship, the obverse of an 1857 [S] $20, assayer's scales, and a
crossed pick and shovel. Numbered in gilt at interior base of rear board, endpapers depict
a mining scene, front endpapers include a pinch of "authentic gold dust from the S.S.
Central America" protected behind plastic in the miner's pan of the illustrated
scene— a nice touch, inspired by the 1849 second edition of the 1842 A Manual of Gold
and Silver Coins of All Nations and the 1850 New Varieties of Gold and Silver Coins by
Jacob R. Eckfeldt and William E. DuBois of the Philadelphia Mint, works which included a
specimen of California gold dust behind a mica window. A full color, life-size glossy
photograph of a substantial gold ingot from the S.S. Central America [the Justh &
Hunter ingot offered herein] is included in an integral pocket at the rear endpaper. This
edition was never sold publicly but was only available with the purchase of an ingot from
the wreck—an expensive proposition and one that leaves the vast majority of copies in
the hands of the original owners who retain their ingots. This edition cost nearly $1,000
per copy to produce, and it is not included as a variant in the excellent and expansive
Bibliography of Sunken Treasure books by David S. Crooks. A rare opportunity to purchase
one of the most impressive productions in the history of American numismatic
literature.From the Collection of Marjorie Hayes.
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| Price: |
$5,980.00 (2007-05-22) |
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http://www.stacks.com/lotdetail.aspx?lri
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