Description: THE LOG OF APOLLO: Joseph Perkins Beach's Journal of the Voyage of the Ship Apollo from New York to San Francisco, 1849 Author: Beach, Joseph Perkins Title: THE LOG OF APOLLO: Joseph Perkins Beach's Journal of the Voyage of the Ship Apollo from New York to San Francisco, 1849 Publication: San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1986 Edition: First edition Description: First edition. Hardcover. Edited and Annotated by James P. Delgado. Foreword by John Haskell Kemble. Tipped-in color frontispiece, with eight plates, including two folding. First edition, limited to 550 copies printed by The Arion Press. As the son of the ship owner, supercargo and captain's clerk, Beach was in an advantageous position to be privy to many of the ship's activities. His comprehensive journal, published here for the first time, is accompanied by descriptions of Beach's career both before and after this trip. This is the first definitive biography of a member of the "Gold Rush Fleet." Prospectus laid in. Full blue cloth binding, with printed paper title labels. A fine copy in the original glassine wrapper. Fine. Seller ID: 54984 Established in 1981, Johnson Rare Books & Archives offers a wide array of materials from fine first editions to holographic letters, vernacular photography, archives, and other cultural resources. Our bricks and mortar location in downtown Covina, The Book Shop, is located about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. The shop is open six days a week and houses an inventory of some 30,000 titles, ranging from the general second-hand to the truly antiquarian. As proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), we uphold our association's code of ethics. Terms PayPal is preferred. All orders ship within two business days. Standard mail is USPS Media Mail. Expedited and international shipping are also available. We offer combined shipping on multiple orders. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
Price: 86.25 USD
Location: Covina, California
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Author: Beach, Joseph Perkins
Publisher: The Book Club of California
Year Printed: 1986
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Binding: Cloth
Original/Facsimile: Original
