Gambling Memorabilia
Sat, Apr 14, 2018 12:30AM EDT
Lot 10
Three Years in California.
Estimate: $500 - $750
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Borthwick, J[ohn] D[avid]. Three Years in California. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1857. Full calf, rebacked. Marbled endsheets, title label on spine (chipped). Frontispiece and eight duotone lithographed plates, one depicting a faro bank. 8vo. Spine chipped, hinges reinforced, some foxing; good. Howes B622. A classic account of the American west, focused on miners and their milieu ? including gambling anecdotes ? after the ?49 gold rush, this book was both written and illustrated by Borthwick.
