| Description |
Small Size Eckfeldt and DuBois With Actual Samples of California Gold Philadelphia: Published by the Authors, 1850. 12mo, original black paper boards lettered in gilt and silver, featuring embossed illustrations of American gold and silver coins in metallic tints; handwritten spine label; all page edges gilt. Fine frontispiece engraving of the Philadelphia Mint building; 60, (2) pages; 3 text illustrations; attractive plate of California and Mormon coins printed in relief in gold on a royal blue background; two actual samples of California gold on page 45 mounted under a small cardboard rectangle with round windows to allow viewing [the sample on the left contains native grains of gold held in place under mica, and the other sample is a thin sheet of processed ore]; tipped-in illustrated sheet at the end describing Mormon coins. Covers a little scraped; foxing and browning throughout; tail of spine reinforced with black tape. Cardboard gold sample holder fully intact. Handwritten correction to page 19. Very good. The original edition was bound in several colors: black, blue, red and white, with black being the most common and white the least. Through the years, many copies have perished and the gold samples have frequently been removed. Clain-Stefanelli 11882. Davis 340. Among the most charming literary mementos of the California Gold Rush. This copy was displayed by Eric P. Newman in the Newman Money Museum at Washington University. Estimate $3,000. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15208 (realized $3120).
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