WHITE, Edward Stewart. The Forty-Niners: A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1921.

First Edition. Original decorative red cloth, illustrated with six black and white engravings, in uncommon original illustrated dustjacket. Volume 25 of the Chronicles of America Series edited by Allen Johnson, extra-illustrated edition, focusing on the California Gold Rush. Chapters include, "The American Occupation," "Gold," "The Mormons," "The Urban Forty-Niner," "San Francisco in Transition," "The Triumph of the Vigilantes." Near Fine in a Good dustjacket with small chips to spine and edges, modest soiling.

Price: $85.00