The First Forty -Niner and the Story of the Golden Tea -Caddy by James A. B. Scherer - 1925

New York: Minton, Balch & Company , 1925. Tan cloth over marbled boards. Two bumped corners, one of which has lost cloth at tip. Tight and square. No markings, attractive copy. . First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2004-06-25. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

First edition. Octavo. Frontispiece portrait of Sam Brannan; 5 other illustrations. Original 1/2 tan cloth over gray boards. Very good. 127 pages. No dust jacket.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2004-06-25. Paperback. Used:Good.

Minton, Balch & Company, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. . First ed. Light shelf wear. Jacket included, most of the backstrip missing, tanned, otherwise good. Pages/boards clean, binding sturdy.

Paperback / softback. New.

New York: Minton, Balch & Company, 1925. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [5.25x7.75"];127 pp., six plates of images and illustrations including frontispiece; Half mustard cloth with light brown/black marble paper boards, dark brown lettering and device on spine; Some shelf wear to edges and bumped corners, slightly darken spine, prior owner light pencil notes throughout text. [Cowan64 p. 571]. A sketch of Sam Brannan was a major character in the early days of San Francisco and California. A true adventurer, racketeer, entrepreneur, scoundrel and founder of Calistoga, the first spa resort in Northern California. In 1846, he was part of the California revolt from Mexico and to secure the City for the United States. During the early days of the gold rush, he helped to organize the lawless boom town of San Francisco and Sacramento.

New York.: Minton, Balch & Company., 1925.. First edition. . Decorated hard cover. . Fine copy. . Octavo. . Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.