Philadelphia:: Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology 1937. Limited Edition. Hardbound. BINDING/CONDITION: dark navy cloth; a Near Fine book; the dust jacket is faded at the spine and a portion of the front panel otherwise a Very Good dust jacket; the dj is not price clipped. Small 4to about 10'' to 11'' tall. Index appendix. Description: Includes a frontis portrait plate a few b&w plates and a fold-out map at the rear. Written from his diary and contemporary notes Wistar's autobiography was intended only for his family and friends. His will upon his death in 1905 prohibited publication of the autobiography for at least 5 years. The original publication of 250 copies by the Wistar Institute was in 1914. Isaac Wistar traveled across the continent with the vanguard of the Forty-Niners; he earned and lost small fortunes as a miner trapper muleteer speculator and lawyer before he was thirty. He helped suppress the California vigilantes in 1856. After his return to Pennsylvania from his western travels his privately raised regiment helped save the Union forces at Gettysburg in the Seven Days Battle. Mintz states "Wistar's narrative of his journey over the Humboldt Sink to the gold areas is well told and quite entertaining." Wheat calls this a "significant and entertaining narrative by a man of great native attainments." and a tale of "first quality and interest". listed in Howes Final Edition Number W597; Mint'z Trail no. 501; Wheat's Gold Rush no. 234; Paher's Nevada no. 2191; Cowan page 692 Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology hardcover
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The British Library 1999. Hardcover. Used; Very Good. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #3210067</p> The British Library hardcover
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W W Norton & Co Inc. Collectible - Very Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Very Good. Good dust jacket. Owner's name on inside. W W Norton & Co Inc unknown
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Christian Series Level III 24. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. Christian Series Level III (24 unknown
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1962. Jerusalem Scripta Hierosol. XI; 124 pp. 33 fig. partly on 18 photoplts. h.t. 5 fold. plts. in back pocket incl. col. map in 2 sheets. Orig.cloth dustjacket both with traces of use contents very good. hardcover
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