THE SHIRLEY LETTERS FROM CALIFORNIA MINES IN 1851-52: Being a Series of Twenty-Three Letters from Dame Shirley (Mrs. Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe) to her Sister in Massachusetts and now Reprinted from the Pioneer Magazine of 1854-55 with Synopses of the Letters, a Foreword, and Many Typographical and other Corrections and Emendations, by Thomas C. Russell, Together with "An Appreciation" by Mrs. M.V.T. Lawrence.
San Francisco: Thomas C. Russell, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. The first edition in book form. Out of an edition of 450 copies, this is one of the 200 printed on California bond-paper and signed by..... More