De Rutte, The Adventures of a Young Swiss in California, SBCC 1992, VG HC, SIGNED
De Rutte, The Adventures of a Young Swiss in California, SBCC 1992, VG HC, SIGNED
De Rutte, The Adventures of a Young Swiss in California, SBCC 1992, VG HC, SIGNED
De Rutte, The Adventures of a Young Swiss in California, SBCC 1992, VG HC, SIGNED

De Rutte, The Adventures of a Young Swiss in California, SBCC 1992, VG HC, SIGNED

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Paquette, Mary Grace (ed., trans.), De Rutte, Theophile, The Adventures of a Young Swiss in California: The Gold Rush Account of Theophile De Rutte, Sacramento: Sacramento Book Collectors Club 1992, English, Very Good hardcover 8vo, 6 ¼” x 9 ¼”, 112 pp. SIGNED

ISBN 096173342X

Quarter bound in blue cloth spine over blue paper covered boards, title stamped in gold to front panel & spine, minor wear to spine edges, minor scuffing to front panel, no dust jacket as issued. Binding tight, interior clean & bright. Stated edition of 400 copies. SIGNED by editor/translator Mary Grace Paquette at title page, with additional signatures of designers & printers at rear colophon. First English translation of De Rutte’s account of his interactions & business activities in San Francisco & Sacramento around 1850, though written later. Mining activities, floods, fires, meetings with John Sutter, Vigilance Committee actions, and much more are described.